Syracuse woman suspected after trailer stolen from sheriff's office lot

SYRACUSE – A Syracuse woman has been charged for the theft of a flatbed trailer that been recovered by sheriff’s deputies and stolen again.

Saline County court records say an 18-foot, dual-axle trailer was reported stolen in late April and recovered May 6 near a semi-trailer storage area. It was then moved to a Saline County Sheriff’s Office parking lot, but was stolen again the following day.

A surveillance camera shows a pickup pulling the trailer out of the sheriff’s office parking lot.

Saline  County contacted Otoe County deputies for assistance and they made contact with 35-year-old Danielle Powers, who had registered a home-made trailer in Saline County.

Powers told deputies proof of ownership was in her pickup, but when she opened the door a deputy saw the handle of a knife. Due to suspicion of a concealed weapon, deputies searched the pickup and say they found less than a gram of methamphetamine.

Powers is charged in Otoe County with a concealed weapon, possession,  theft by taking and theft by receiving.