A woman called Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office on Monday to report that over the weekend, someone took 15 windmill blades from her home in the 7200 block of West Bennett Road. The blades were valued at $5,000.
Sheriff Terry Wagner says investigators then found an ad selling windmill blades on Craigslist. Those investigators contacted the seller and and purchased the blades. The victim confirmed they were the ones taken from her home.
On Tuesday, the ad was still posted so another investigator contacted the seller asking if the blades were still for sale. The man said yes and arrangements were made to buy them. Early on Wednesday, August 4th, windmill blades were stolen from a home at 9100 N 98th Street.
When investigators met up with the seller to buy them, 41 year old Spencer Lile from Exeter, Nebraska was booked on two counts of felony theft.