Alleged Mac County tree thieves arrested

A pair of alleged tree thieves were taken into custody in McDonald County.

Sheriff Robert Evenson says 42-year-old Megan Rios-Kaminski and 33-year-old Gavin Lawson, both of Anderson, were arrested for the crime of Felony Stealing in connection with the theft of numerous Walnut and Oak trees from a farm off of DD highway outside of Noel.

Evenson says detectives were notified by the landowner and during the course of the investigation and they caught the suspects in the act!

Both suspects are being held on the stealing charges with bond set at $2500.