A man was granted probation this past week after entering a guilty plea to charges of grand theft for stealing a trailer.

The man, Bruce Randall Bumbalough, 52, of Sparta entered a guilty plea in circuit court to the charge of theft over $10,000.

He was given two years by the court but will be allowed to spend that time on supervised probation. He will also be responsible for paying $1,200 restitution to the victim.

His trouble with the law came after he stole a utility trailer from outside a residence on Big Hurricane Road.
Sheriff’s investigators were able to develop him as a suspect and eventually arrested him for the crime. The theft happened in August of last year.