Sidney man receives probation for theft of truck

Wyatt Coleman was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday for stealing a pickup truck from a Sidney residence in December 2013.

The pickup was recovered by the Weld County sheriff’s department near Greeley, Colorado a few days after it was stolen. Coleman was reportedly driving the truck on Interstate 76 when he was pulled over and arrested.

On April 2 Coleman pled no contest to one count of theft by unlawful taking, a class four felony.

All parties agreed that a waiver of probation fees would be appropriate, in exchange for Coleman paying restitution to the victim of his crime.

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