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Gates man arrested on stolen vehicle charges

Billy Raymond Edge, 31, of Gates was arrested by Linn County detectives in connection to a burglary and multiple stolen vehicles on May 16.

The burglary occurred in the 300 block of NW Seventh Avenue in Mill City during August of 2021. Also stolen in the burglary was a 1990 Ford Ranger pickup. The vehicles, all 1990 model vehicles, were stolen mostly from the Lyons and Mill City area in October 2021.

Edge was arrested after turning himself in on unrelated arrest warrants and lodged in the Linn County Jail for one count of Burglary in the First Degree and six counts of Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle.

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