Location: 17300 block of Avenue 280, Exeter

Incident Date: 5/19/17-5/20/17

Incident Time: 0700-0500 hours

Case Number: 17-06026

Victim: Dedrosian Farming/National Raisin

City: Exeter

Posted by: Media Relations

On 02/13/17 at 0920 hours, Deputies from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 17300 block of Avenue 280 regarding a theft of copper wire from multiple agriculture irrigation pumps. Preliminary investigation revealed an unknown subject had forcibly removed cooper wire from multiple irrigation pumps on the property.

The loss is estimated to be approximately $100. The cost to repair the irrigation pumps is estimated to be approximately $10,400.

Detectives from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Agricultural Crimes Unit were contacted and responded to the scene.  

This case remains under investigation. Anyone with more information regarding this investigation is urged to contact Ag Detective Kenny Jones at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-808-0488 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.