Location: 19600 block of Avenue 208, Plainview

Incident Date: 4/3/17

Case Number: 17-03950

Victim: Hillview Farms

City: Plainview

Posted by: Media Relations

On 04-3-2017 at approximately 0900 hours, Tulare County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an Olive Orchard located near the intersection of Avenue 204 and Road 196, near Plainview, in regards to the report of a stolen Kubota Tractor and Kubota Shredder, together valued at $95,000.  

Ag Crimes Detectives arrived at the scene to take over the investigation.  During an area canvass, Detectives located the shredder in an adjacent orchard.  Evidence located near the shredder led Detectives to an additional location, in a nearby orchard, where the tractor was located.  

Evidence from the tractor and shredder was collected. Both items were returned to the owner, Hillview Groves.

If you have any information related to this case, please contact Detective Nicholson (559) 735-1898 or (800) 808-0488.  Anonymous information about this crime can be reported via Tipnow, email: tcso@tipnow.net or download the Tipnow app for android or apple phones (559) 725-4194.