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Arrest In Theft From Essential Business

One of the essential businesses in Nevada County that’s stayed open was the scene of a theft incident Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Andrew Trygg says the owner of a vehicle repair business on La Barr Meadows Road reported seeing a man loading miscellaneous parts into the back of the man’s pickup…

click to listen to Andrew Trygg

Trygg says 52-year-old Joseph Winkler of Rough and Ready also tried to run down the business owner, as he was leaving…

click to listen to Andrew Trygg

Trygg says the crime was not really random, that Winkler and the victim knew each other. Winkler is currently facing three felony charges of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and making criminal threats.

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