BG man pleads guilty in theft, fraud case
A Bowling Green man charged in connection with reported theft of farm and construction equipment pleaded guilty Monday to multiple criminal charges.
Burd pleaded guilty in a separate case to trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school.
In court on Monday, Burd admitted to buying a tractor he had reason to believe was stolen and obscuring the serial number on a piece of equipment.
He also admitted to attempting to collect on the insurance policy on a piece of stolen equipment after reporting it stolen from his property.
The case was investigated by the
"I was told that
An investigation turned up information about a mini-excavator that had been stolen from an
Smith said in court records that he was provided a picture of a mini-excavator from the site that was reported stolen somewhere around
Through additional investigation, Smith learned that the mini-excavator had been reported stolen
Smith received video surveillance footage of the theft that showed the mini-excavator being loaded onto a trailer being pulled by a blue Ford pickup truck with no bed, court records show.
The informant also claimed that an ATV stolen from the
"I was informed that
Deputies executing a search warrant at Burd's address seized several pieces of equipment, some of which had the Vehicle Identification Number removed, court records show.
A co-defendant,
Prosecutors are asking for a seven-year prison sentence for Burd, and plan to oppose probation.
Burd will return to court
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