Friday's Internet Edition, March 12, 2010.

David Matthew Hanshaw, 24, of Bickmore pled guilty to conspiracy to commit a felony. The charges involve the November 2007 theft of a dump truck and trailer valued at $25,000 and a $30,000 bulldozer.

State Police said the dump truck and trailer were stolen from the Boggs Natural Gas garage on U.S. 119 south of Spencer and taken to a logging site about 30 miles away.

The truck and trailer were used to take a bulldozer that belonged to Holcomb Logging of Bickmore. The bulldozer was located on a logging site off Grannies Creek Road.

The bulldozer was stolen around 2 or 3 a.m., but as the thieves were leaving, police said they tore the rear end out of the truck and could not get it to move.

The truck, with the engine running, was left in the middle of the road where police found it around 6 a.m.

As part of a plea agreement with special prosecutor Roger Williams of Jackson County, who was appointed after Roane prosecutor Josh Downey was excused from the case, charges of grand larceny and destruction of property against Hanshaw will be dismissed.

Hanshaw did agree to testify in cases against Tommy Young Jr., Adam Gray and a juvenile suspect in the case.

Tommy Young Jr. and Tommy Young Sr. also have been indicted in federal court on charges of interstate transportation and possession of stolen vehicles and goods in Clay, Kanawha, Roane and Jackson counties.

Those charges carry possible penalties of up to 65 years in prison and $1.75 million in fines.

Roane Circuit Judge David Nibert set sentencing in Hanshaw’s case for Jan. 26.