Cortland Man Arrested After Stealing Dump Truck on Work Site

State Police have arrested a Cortland man, who they say stole a dump truck at a work site sometime between Friday September 5th and Monday the 8th. Troopers responded to Meldrim’s Paint for a report of a stolen dump truck owned by JRC Contracting on September 11th. The company was parked at Meldrim’s completing work on September 5th.

On September 24th, Troopers were informed the stolen dump truck was seen on East Keeney Road in Truxton. Troopers responded to the area and located the dump truck with 33 year old Dylan J. Walrath of Cortland, in the driver’s seat.

Walrath was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny in the 3rd, a Felony. He was taken to the State Police Barracks at Homer for processing and then transported to the Cortland County Jail for Centralized Arraignment.