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Tractor Supply theft caper grows to $25,000
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Ripon officers Mario Ysit and Ken Husman return two riding lawn mowers valued at $2,500 to the Tractor Supply Co. Ripon location on Jack Tone Road at the Highway 99 junction. The total theft has escalated to more than $25,000. - photo by GLENN KAHL
The alleged recent credit card fraud at the Ripon Tractor Supply Company that put a 53-year-old Railroad Flat man in jail on Saturday has now escalated to $25,000 in losses at several stores in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.,The additional stores are O’Reilly’s Auto Parts and Home Depot in Stockton.Ripon Police First Sergeant Steve Merchant said his officers have recovered more property from as far away as Galt that include a stolen construction trailer, a stolen Kubota tractor, two riding lawn mowers and multiple high-end sets of power tools. Ripon investigators are working with law enforcement agencies in both counties to identify the new victims and return the stolen property. Officers Mario Ysit and Ken Husman returned two large lawnmowers to Tractor Supply in Ripon early Wednesday afternoon.When officers arrived at the store on Saturday, management personnel pointed out a subject who had made purchases totaling almost $2,000 that they recognized from theft warning photographs they had received from other Tractor Supply stores.