Guthrie Co. Iowa DeputyThe man arrested and charged with theft in relation to the May robbery of McAlister & Sons in Bayard has officially plead guilty to First-Degree Theft.

According to a release from the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, a long investigation with several other law enforcement departments from around the state helped them arrest 33 year-old Todd Hambly of Swaledale, Iowa, back in May, days after McAlister & Sons had been broken into.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says severall brass bushings for heavy construction equipment valued at more than $70,000 had been taken from McAlister & Sons.  The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office then worked with the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s office in the tracking of Hambly.

The investigation and tracking of Hambly eventually led the two law enforcement agencies to Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, where Hambly and his girlfriend were selling the stolen bushings at a local scrap yard.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says Hambly has been arrested on multiple felony charges from several different agencies for recently committed crimes.

Hambly’s First-Degree Theft guilty plea in Guthrie County carries a 10 year prison sentence, consecutive to sentences received from Hardin County, Cerro Gordo County, Franklin County, Adair County, Butler County, Grundy County and Jasper County.  He also has charges pending in Van Buren County.

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