Soybeansworth thousands stolen from bin

YORK, Neb. (AP)--It's not every day that a detective has to track down purloined soybeans.

"It's hard to find the stolen property," said York County sheriff's investigator Scott Wiemer. "It's tough, if not impossible, to track grain."

That's his assignment, though, since somebody stole upward of $12,000 inSoybeansfrom a grain dryer southeast of York in east-central Nebraska.

Someone backed up a truck to the bin dryer between Dec. 1 and Jan. 5 and hauled away the bean booty.

"This isn't your typical crime," said Lt. Paul Vrbka. "The last time I can remember anything like this was many years ago, when someone stole corn from a bin on a farm site where no one lived, but that's been a long time ago. It's not like we've seen a rash of these types of crime."

Allan Zumpfe, grain division manager for the United Farmers Cooperative in York, said Jan. 18 that he's never heard of anyone stealing what could be two grain trailers full of soybeans.

A regular customer who pulled up to one of the co-op elevators wouldn't have to prove theSoybeanswere his or hers to sell, Zumpfe said.

But, "If someone we don't know shows up, we're gonna ask questions."

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