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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; A Scranton man was arrested on charges he stole a trailer containing $16,000 of tools and wire outside Lumber Liquidators on Mundy Street early Wednesday.</p><p>Police allege Jeffrey Sean Kaub, 41, used bolt cutters to cut a lock off the trailer&#8217;s hitch. He then hauled it away with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup just before 1 a.m., authorities report.</p><p>Hours later, an officer spotted the Chevrolet at the Speed Mart service station on Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard where Kaub was arrested just after 8:30 p.m.</p><p>Kaub allegedly confessed and led police to the trailer where it was recovered near his residence.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>A trailer valued at $3,800 containing assorted hand and power tools and wire valued at $16,000 was stolen. Surveillance cameras recorded a man driving a dark colored Chevrolet pickup pulling into the parking lot at about 12:20 a.m.</p><p>The man removed bolt cutters from his truck to cut a lock off the trailer&#8217;s hitch. He then backed up the truck, latched the trailer and drove away at about 12:49 a.m.</p><p>An officer patrolling Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard spotted the Chevrolet at Speed Mart and recognized the man, identified as Kaub, in the store matched the description of the suspect.</p><p>Police searched Kaub&#8217;s truck, finding a pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine, a burned spoon with residue, a scale, a small bag of baking soda, and a single tablet of Oxycodone.</p><p>Kaub also reportedly told police he stole the trailer.</p><p>Kaub was arraigned by District Judge Richard Cronauer in Luzerne County Central Court on charges of theft, receiving stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released on $10,000 unsecured bail.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Police say this is the truck a theft suspect used to haul away a trailer containing tools and wire early Wednesday from outside Lumber Liquidators in Wilkes-Barre Township. A Scranton man has been arrested in the case. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_WB-Twp.-theft-02062019-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Police say this is the truck a theft suspect used to haul away a trailer containing tools and wire early Wednesday from outside Lumber Liquidators in Wilkes-Barre Township. A Scranton man has been arrested in the case. </caption0><photoCredit0>Courtesy of Wilkes-Barre Township Police </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Police arrest man for theft of trailer containing $16K in tools, wire