[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Truck stolen in 2000 found in lake by fisherman[/title][fusion_text]Tuesday, January 5th 2016
On Monday the Benton County Sheriff’s Office located a truck that had been reported stolen in March of 2000. Around 2:00pm Sunday the Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call from an individual who was fishing on Mayhew Lake. The caller reported that they had lowered a camera down through the ice to look for fish and observed what appeared to be a pickup truck submerged in the lake. Deputies responded to the scene and used a camera to look at the submerged pickup truck. The truck was found about 100 yards north of the public access at a point about 25 yards from the west shore of the lake in 12 feet of water. The condition of the pickup truck suggested that it had been submerged for a significant period of time. On Monday divers from the Stearns/Benton Dive Team responded to the scene to search the truck and the area around the truck. The divers found that the truck was empty and the area around the truck did not contain any items of evidentiary value. A recovery effort was made in hopes of retrieving the truck from the lake bottom. This effort was unsuccessful due to the difficulties presented by the relatively thin ice present on the lake. The vehicle will be recovered from the lake in the near future when the conditions permit a retrieval that involves less risk to those involved in the recovery effort.
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