On the morning of Wednesday July 10, employees of Stark Boring reported to DPD that a Bobcat “skidloader” was missing from their jobsite. The Bobcat had been present when they left the jobsite the prior afternoon, but was missing upon their arrival the next morning.
In the days that followed, we had been in contact with Overland Park PD who believed they had identified two (2) persons of interest. OPD also believed that they had located the skidloader at a property in Grandview. OPD checked the property in question. They did in-fact locate a Bobcat skidloader, but the serial # did not match the machine that was stolen from Drexel. After further investigation, OPD continued to look at these two individuals for other types of crimes, however we were unable to connect them to our theft case.
In early August, we had received information from the owner of the machine, as well as a ranking officer from another law enforcement agency, that Tyler D. Veach may be the individual responsible for the theft of the Bobcat.
On Friday August 16, we had communications with members of the Richmond Police Department, who informed us that the Bobcat was supposed to be in their area, and that they were looking for it. During this conversation, we learned that Mr. Veach was in-custody in Kingston at the Caldwell County Jail, on an unrelated matter.
Later on in the evening of the 16th, RPD reported to our dispatch that they had in-fact recovered the Bobcat in Richmond. We later learned from RPD detectives, that the Bobcat was recovered at the home of Mr. Veach’s future in-laws. The Bobcat was subsequently returned to its owner, Stark Boring.
On Tuesday, August 20, Mr. Veach was interviewed by DPD at the Caldwell Co Jail. The result of that interview is prompting us to seek charges against him in this case from the Cass County Prosecutor's Office.
Charges will be sought this week. Mr. Veach is presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law. He remains in-custody in Kingston.
Our case is not yet complete, thus our investigation is on-going. If you have any information about this matter, please contact us at DPD or via Facebook Messenger.
-Drexel Chief Downey
816-619-4444
