Zachary Anderson

ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008, A RESIDENT OF JEFFERSON STREET IN JACKSONPORT CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ABOUT HIS BOAT BEING STOLEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE.  ON SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008, INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE BOAT AT A LOCAL SCRAP YARD.  AT THAT TIME THE OWNER IDENTIFIED THE BOAT AS BEING HIS PROPERTY AND STATED THAT THE BOAT WAS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $250.00.  INVESTIGATOR PLATT THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE BUSINESS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ZACHARY ANDERSON OF NEWPORT HAD SOLD THE BOAT TO THE BUSINESS ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008.  AT THAT TIME, IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER ALUMINUM BOATS AT THE BUSINESS.

ON MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT TWO (2) ALUMINUM BOATS THAT HAD JUST BEEN SOLD AT A DIFFERENT LOCAL SCRAP YARD. CHIEF DEPUTY CHARLES VAUGHN, LIEUTENANT JAMES "MICKEY" BROCK AND INVESTIGATOR RICKEY MORALES RESPONDED TO THE CALL.  UPON ARRIVING IN THE AREA OF THE BUSINESS, INVESTIGATOR MORALES STOPPED A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY ZACHARY ANDERSON OF NEWPORT.  AT THAT TIME, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WAS THE PERSON THAT HAD SOLD THE ALUMINUM BOATS AT THE SCRAP YARD.  UPON CHECKING THE NUMBERS ON THE BOATS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE OF THE BOATS BELONGED TO A RESIDENT ON MCLAIN STREET IN NEWPORT.  INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT WENT TO THE LOCATION ON MCLAIN STREET AND SPOKE WITH THE OWNER.  THE OWNER THEN CHECKED WHERE THE BOAT HAD BEEN STORED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOAT HAD BEEN TAKEN SOMETIME THAT SAME MORNING.  THE OWNER STATED THAT HIS BOAT WAS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $400.00 TO $500.00.

ON MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008, A RESIDENT OF JACKSONPORT CAME INTO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND REPORTED THAT SOMETIME ON FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008, HIS ALUMINUM BOAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM A RESIDENCE IN JACKSONPORT.  THE OWNER STATED THAT THE BOAT WAS STOLEN SOMETIME WHILE THEY WERE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE.  THE BOAT WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $200.00 BY THE OWNER.
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008, A RESIDENT ON HINES STREET IN NEWPORT CONTACTED INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT IN REFERENCE TO A REPORT THAT HE HAD FILED ON HIS BOAT BEING STOLEN RECENTLY.  THE OWNER WENT TO THE SAME SCRAP YARD AND IDENTIFIED THE BOAT AS BEING HIS PROPERTY.  THE OWNER STATED THAT THE BOAT WAS WORTH APPROXIMATELY $500.00.

ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008, ZACHARY ANDERSON APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT ON CHARGES OF TWO (2) COUNTS OF THEFT OF PROPERTY.  HIS BOND WAS SET AT $ 1,000.00 AND HE WAS ORDERED TO APPEAR IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.