8-Year-Old Helps Bust Major Theft Ring

An 8-year-old Manchester boy is receiving much attention this week for the part he played in breaking up a multi-state burglary operation involving thousands of dollars worth of stolen items.

According to Coffee County sheriff’s investigators, several hundred items of all kinds were recovered from a room in a Manchester motel.

Although other arrests are expected, only one person, John Docherty, 46, of Virginia, has been charged.

Sheriff’s investigator Sgt. Danny Ferrell said the break came when Manchester resident Richard Crabtree reported that his iPad had been stolen during a burglary and that his 8-year-old son Landon knew how to trace it through the iPad’s security tracking system

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