From the desk of Sheriff Scott Bradley

On July 2nd, 2015, Deputies from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a man who said, he saw his stolen red 4-wheeler in a yard on State Highway 92 East.  Deputies responded to the residence located at 1774 State Highway 92 E in Bee Branch.  During an investigation, with permission to search, Deputies and Investigators from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office recovered, two stolen ATV 4-wheelers and a stolen ATV side by side.   Deputies and Investigators arrested 34 year old James Carl Rice of Bee Branch.  Rice was charged with Theft by Receiving > $10,000.00 a Class B Felony and was released on $7500.00 bond.