Homeless man allegedly steals tractor to drive to Flying J

  • Paul Matthew Kroening sits handcuffed beside the tractor he is accused of stealing as the tractor’s owner, Tim Camp, checks it out. Sheriff Howard Sills pulled the tractor over on Lake Oconee Parkway near Anchors Marina. CONTRIBUTED
    Paul Matthew Kroening sits handcuffed beside the tractor he is accused of stealing as the tractor’s owner, Tim Camp, checks it out. Sheriff Howard Sills pulled the tractor over on Lake Oconee Parkway near Anchors Marina. CONTRIBUTED
    A homeless man was walking along Georgia Hwy. 44 in Putnam County on May 31 when he spotted a tractor sitting in a field. A few minutes later, the man reportedly was driving the John Deere 4900 tractor on the road he had just been walking along. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills was driving home from work when he overheard a call on the radio regarding a suspicious man with a white b...

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