A man has been charged with allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle from a rural property in the Ootha area earlier this year.
Officers have been investigating the theft of an all-terrain vehicle and spot sprayer from a property on Ootha Road, Ootha, since March this year.
In April 2025, police attended a property in Tomboye, which is 430km away from Ootha and 30km north-west of Braidwood, where they located and seized an all-terrain vehicle and spot sprayer.
Police have now laid charges against a 26-year-old man, following inquiries.
He was charged with steal motor vehicle, dispose motor vehicle part – theft serious indictable offence, destroy or damage property, and unlawfully enter inclosed agricultural land damage property.
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The man was served with a Future Court Attendance to appear at Parkes Local Court on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Police will allege in court the man cut the fence and stole the vehicle before he traded it for a utility.