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Tip leads to stolen Harleys, pot, meth, police say The Journal Gazette
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100924/LOCAL07/100929676/1043/LOCAL07 Tip leads to stolen Harleys, pot, meth, police say The Journal Gazette
Indiana State PoliceThirteen stolen Harley-Davidson motorcycles were recovered after a tip launched a six-county investigation that ended with a Fort Wayne father and son in jail, Indiana State Police said today.
The Criminal Investigation Division of state police in Fort Wayne began its probe after a tip about two Harleys at an Auburn home, state police said in a written statement.
It said Detective Mark Heffelfinger identified the motorcycles as having been stolen from Milwaukee, Wis., and Bloomington.
Donald J. Cupp Sr., 53, of Fort Wayne, was arrested and taken to the DeKalb County Jail, charged with two counts of possession of stolen property, the statement said.
Later, a search warrant was obtained for a home in the 700 block of Davis Street in Fort Wayne, where police said two more stolen motorcycles, a marijuana-growing operation and a meth lab were located. At another residence in the area, a stolen enclosed trailer with two stolen motorcycles was also recovered, police said.
Donald J. Cupp Jr., 21, of Fort Wayne was arrested on five outstanding charges from Vanderburgh and Warrick counties, and was taken to the Allen County Jail, the statement said.
Heffelfinger reported finding six more motorcycles in a barn in the Stroh area, and one in Ossian.
State police said more charges are expected
