Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies found items stolen in a burglary after a traffic stop at 10th and Cottage Avenue in Columbus.
Sheriff’s Sgt. T.A. Smith was at QC Communications on Jonesville Road on Wednesday after the company had reported a burglary. Several power tools valued at about $3,000 had been taken, deputies said.
While Smith was entering serial and model numbers of the equipment into the report, Columbus Police Officer Travis Harbaugh stopped a vehicle in Columbus driven by James D. Carmer, 21, of 150 Cambridge Square.
Harbaugh located a reciprocating saw reportedly stolen from the communications company during the stop, deputies said.
Carmer was arrested on preliminary charges of theft, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and driving while suspended with a prior conviction, deputies said.
He was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $16,000 bond, jail officials said.
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