By Jim Measel
May 7, 2021 8:04 AM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â Branch County Prosecutors have charged a second person in connection with the alleged theft of catalytic converters in Matteson Township between November 1 and December 23 of last year.
57-year-old Richard Allen Caudill of Angola, Indiana was arraigned on Thursday in Branch County District Court on a felony charge of buying and selling stolen scrap metal and a misdemeanor count of violating the stateâs scrap metal regulatory act by not keeping proper records at his Bronson business on South Matteson Lake Road.
A personal recognizance bond of $5,000 was set and the defendant was allowed to continue living in Angola. A probable cause hearing was set for June 15 with a preliminary exam on June 22.