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Cass Co. man charged in connection with stolen/wrecked semi

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September 30th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports a Cumberland man faces charges in connection with a semi that was stolen and later found wrecked and abandoned. 30-year old Daniel Floyd Edwards, of Cumberland, was charged with Theft 1st Degree and Criminal Mischief 1st Degree in regards to the 2005 Freightliner semi that was discovered on Tucson Road in Cass County on September 18th, 2013.

Upon investigation, it was determined that Edwards was the driver of the semi, which had been stolen from a location in Creston, and driven to Cumberland, where the driver struck the corner of the roof at the Cumberland Community Building and left the scene, then wrecking the semi against a utility pole on Tucson Road east of 690th Street. The semi, which was owned by Mark Edward O’Reily, of Creston, sustained an estimated $65,000 damage. Damage to the Cumberland Community Center was estimated at $2,100.

An area of a corn field was also damaged in the amount of $2500. Damage to the utility pole is yet to be determined. Edwards remains at the Cass County Jail without bond from his arrest on September 20, 2013, for a Parole Violation.