NY police find stolen truck as it's being buried

[April 05, 2012]  MURRAY, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say investigators using a helicopter to find a stolen 26-foot-long truck spotted a man using a bulldozer to bury the vehicle in a western New York sand pit.

The Orleans County Sheriff's Office tells the Daily News of Batavia (http://bit.ly/HK9IAi) that investigators alerted deputies, who went to a construction business in the town of Murray and took the owner and his son into custody.

Officials say the box truck was stolen last week from a business in Wayne County. Police were told the vehicle may have been taken to Murray, 25 miles west of Rochester.

Investigators say when they flew over the sand pit, the owner's son was in the process of burying the stolen truck, using a bulldozer.

The two men haven't been charged. The investigation is continuing.

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Information from: The Daily News, http://www.batavianews.com/

[Associated Press]

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