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11-28-2007, 06:41 PM
MENASHA — Two snowmobiles taken over the weekend from a Menasha town employee have been recovered.
The snowmobiles and an enclosed and locked trailer, owned by Jeffrey Roth, the town's water utility superintendent, were parked outside the town’s utility district office when they disappeared Saturday night or Sunday morning.
One of the snowmobiles had been altered slightly for use by Roth, who is paralyzed from the chest down since falling from a tree stand during the 1998 bow deer hunting season and uses a wheelchair.
Roth said a friend called him today after seeing the snowmobiles near a warehouse near Fox River Mall, and Roth went to identify them.
When he determined the sleds were his, he called police.
“I went and looked and they were,” he said. “I waited right there.”
The suspect came up to ask him what he was doing, and Roth told him the truth.
“I’m just looking at those snowmobiles. I think they are mine,” he said.
The man left, but Roth was able to identify his truck, and police located the man later.
Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department officials were not available tonight to provide details on the case.
Roth said the suspect approached his friend on Monday trying to sell the snowmobiles, and said the trailer was not yet recovered.
“It sure surprised me,” he said. “I never thought I’d seen them again. That’s stuff you strip and move.”
The snowmobiles and an enclosed and locked trailer, owned by Jeffrey Roth, the town's water utility superintendent, were parked outside the town’s utility district office when they disappeared Saturday night or Sunday morning.
One of the snowmobiles had been altered slightly for use by Roth, who is paralyzed from the chest down since falling from a tree stand during the 1998 bow deer hunting season and uses a wheelchair.
Roth said a friend called him today after seeing the snowmobiles near a warehouse near Fox River Mall, and Roth went to identify them.
When he determined the sleds were his, he called police.
“I went and looked and they were,” he said. “I waited right there.”
The suspect came up to ask him what he was doing, and Roth told him the truth.
“I’m just looking at those snowmobiles. I think they are mine,” he said.
The man left, but Roth was able to identify his truck, and police located the man later.
Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department officials were not available tonight to provide details on the case.
Roth said the suspect approached his friend on Monday trying to sell the snowmobiles, and said the trailer was not yet recovered.
“It sure surprised me,” he said. “I never thought I’d seen them again. That’s stuff you strip and move.”