Earlier today, a multi-agency law enforcement investigation that included Crittenden County officers discovered at a northern Livingston County home and farm a significant amount of property that had been reported stolen to several agencies. Kentucky State Police report Joseph Shane Robinson, 38, of Hampton was arrested and charged with four counts of receiving stolen property in connection with the case.
Information attained by authorities led to the execution of a search warrant at the rural property. Troopers and detectives with the state police, along with deputies from the Livingston, Lyon and Crittenden County sheriff’s departments, executed the search warrant on Duley Road near Hampton.
At the property, troopers discovered a suspected “chop shop operation” with two stolen Harley Davidson motorcycles being recovered, one that was reported stolen to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and one that was reported stolen from Ohio. Troopers also recovered numerous other motorcycle parts believed to have been removed from other stolen motorcycles.
In addition, state authorities recovered an enclosed trailer that was reported stolen to the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department. Also recovered were furnishings and electronics stolen in a November theft in Kuttawa that had been reported to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department.
Robinson was lodged in McCracken County Jail in Paducah. Bond was set at $15,000. The investigation is continuing by the Kentucky State Police.
