On Wednesday, March 27, Navajo County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a small-scale operation to attempt to locate possible leads or suspects in the areas east of Snowflake and south of Concho Highway. Deputies were following up on burglary investigations going back to early February. The deputies saturated the area known as The Ranch of the Golden Horse and returned to the area where several search warrants were served in February and March of this year.
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Deputies located possible criminal activity around the 4000 block of Sorrel Road and made contact with Cody Muder of Shumway. During the investigation, Muder was found to be in possession of a truck and trailer displaying fictitious plates. The VIN information was checked, and both the truck and trailer were determined to be stolen from two separate burglaries the Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating.
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Muder was arrested for possession of the stolen vehicle and trailer and other stolen items. Upon his arrest, a personal amount of methamphetamine was found in his possession. Cody was booked into the Navajo County Jail on charges of possession of dangerous drugs and two counts of theft of a means of transportation.
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