MTPD arrests two on criminal charges

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

The Marked Tree Police Department announced last week the arrest of two area residents in separate cases. According to Det. Mark Robinson of the Marked Tree Police Department, last Wednesday, the MTPD arrested Christopher Cody Welch, 20, of Payneway on a charge of theft by receiving. The MTPD told the Tri-City Tribune that a Ruger 10/22 rifle and a bag containing fishing equipment were recovered, believed to have taken from a truck belonging to a Marked Tree resident on June 5. The truck was later found burned near Payneway later that day. Welch appeared before Marked Tree District Judge Jim Dunlap last Thursday for a probable cause hearing. Probable cause was found and bond was set at $10,000. Welch will appear in Poinsett County Circuit Court on Aug. 6 in Harrisburg.

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