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Police recover stolen safe, arrest suspect
Ledger Staff Writer
After an extensive search of an area off Possum Trot Road, Blacksburg Police Department officers have recovered a stolen fire safe and have issued arrest warrants against two Blacksburg men. Johnny Dale Alexander of 168 Hardin Trail is charged by Officer Matt Gordon of the Blacksburg Police Department with 2nd-degree burglary and petty larceny. An additional warrant has been issued for a second Blacksburg man for accessory after the fact of burglary, but police were continuing to search for the suspect on Sunday evening and did not release his identity. The safe was stolen from the Bantam Chef at 114 W. Cherokee St., Blacksburg, some time between 11 p.m. Nov. 19 and 9 a.m. Nov. 20, a report on file at the Blacksburg Police Department states. The fire safe contained cash, signed checks and business paperwork, police said. Police believe the person(s) responsible for the theft gained entry to the business through a side door facing Rutherford Street, according to the report. The suspects were also able to deactivate the burglar alarm, the report states. On Wednesday, the Blacksburg Police Department received a helpful tip from an anonymous caller who told officers where to find the stolen safe, a report at the Blacksburg Police Department states. After a search of the area along Possum Trot Road, Police Chief Jamie Ham and Sgt. Wayne Meredith recovered the safe, which had been thrown over an embankment near a bridge. The investigation is continuing and more arrests may be made, Ham said Sunday.
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