On Thursday afternoon, a man walked into the Grass Valley Police Station to report theft of license plates from his work truck.
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Then later that night Sheriff’s Deputies found the plates when Sheriff’s deputies have recovered a stolen car, and also made two arrests.  Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal says around 10:30 last night (Thursday), detectives located a car matching a description of a stolen vehicle at the Riebes Automotive parking lot in Grass Valley. It was a passenger vehicle with commercial plates, and a check showed that both the car and the plates were stolen. Royal says a surveillance was set up, and two guys did come back to the car.
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Royal says the 27 year-old McGrath had a buddy with him .
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McGrath and 30 year-old Michael Bowden was also arrested. Both were booked on suspicion of posession of stolen property and a variety of other charges.