Man arrested, charged with theft of road signs

EDMONTON, KY. – Officials recovered at least 17 road signs from a residence in Metcalfe County on Thursday.

The Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a residence on John T. Fields Road for a theft investigation.

Officials obtained a search warrant and entered the residence.

According to a Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, the deputies said they found a number of stolen road signs belonging to the Metcalfe County Road Department inside.

Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were also recovered.

Austin England has been charged with receiving stolen property under $10,000 and drug related charges and was lodged in the Barren County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office post.