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NY police find stolen truck as it's being buried
MURRAY, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say investigators using a helicopter to find a stolen 26-foot-long truck spotted a man using a bulldozer to bury the vehicle in a western New York sand pit.
The Orleans County Sheriff's Office tells the Daily News of Batavia that investigators alerted deputies, who went to a construction business in the town of Murray and took the owner and his son into custody.
Officials say the box truck was stolen last week from a business in Wayne County. Police were told the vehicle may have been taken to Murray, 25 miles west of Rochester.
Investigators say when they flew over the sand pit, the owner's son was in the process of burying the stolen truck using a bulldozer.
The two men haven't been charged. The investigation is continuing.
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Information from: The Daily News, http://www.batavianews.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
In an undated photo provided Wednesday, April 4, 2012 by the Orleans County Sheriffs Dept. a truck is partially buried in a sand pit at Country Construction in Murray, N.Y. Police in upstate New York used a helicopter to locate the stolen 26-foot box truck. Officials say the truck was stolen last week from a business in Wayne County. The truck and several other stolen items were recovered. The owners face possession of stolen property charges. (AP Photo/Orleans County Sheriffs Dept, via The Batavia Daily News)
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