Two men were arrested Wednesday afternoon in Pottawattamie County, in connection with the theft of metal from private property. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker told KJAN News the men were taken into custody following an investigation that resulted from a call his office received at around 1:30-p.m. about a suspicious brown pickup truck with two people inside, in the vicinity of 145^th Street and Sandy Loop, or about five-miles northwest of Crescent. Danker says a deputy responded and found a man cutting up old farm implements with a torch. When the man was questioned, he claimed he had been dropped off by his boss, and was cutting up the metal to take to scrap metal dealers in Omaha. He said he’d been doing working on the site for several days. Another deputy located the driver of the pickup, and brought him back to the scene.

Danker says when deputies contacted the owners of the property and implements, they said no one had permission to be on their land or to cut up the implements. Both men were subsequently taken into custody. The man who was allegedly doing the cutting, was identified as 52-year old Terry Kelly, from Omaha. He was charged with Theft in the 2^nd degree, Burglary in the 3^rd degree, Criminal Mischief in the 2^nd degree, and Possession of Burglary Tools. The driver of the pickup, 47-year old John Gundersen, of Missouri Valley, was charged with Driving while Barred, and Theft in the 5^th degree. Both men were brought to the Pottawattamie County Jail and held on $10,000 bond each, in association with the 2^nd degree Theft charge.