Kentucky burglar arrested after allegedly trying to claim reward money

Alleged Kentucky burglar ‘rewarded’ with arrest

CLAY CITY, Ky. — Two central Kentucky men were rewarded with an arrest after police said one of them implicated himself while trying to collect money offered for information about the case. Powell County Sheriff Danny Rogers told the Lexington Herald-Leader that 20-year-old man tried to cash in on a reward posted by the owner of McKinney’s Food Mart in Clay City after a Feb. 4 burglary in which 17 carton of cigarettes were taken.

Rogers said the man returned to the store with an article of clothing seen on one of the suspects in surveillance videos and a carton of the stolen cigarettes. Rogers said he didn’t know how the man explained having the items.

The sheriff said the man and another 26-year-old man were arrested Thursday and charged with burglary.

Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, www.kentucky.com