A North Carolina man is wanted by Tazewell Police. Chief of Police Stanley Lampert said his department filed charges Monday for Christopher Neil Coughenour of Gold Hill, N.C., for the theft of a 2011 Caterpillar 305.5 DCR excavator stolen from the 1500 block of Fairgrounds Road in Tazewell, late Wednesday night, July 1.
Coughenour is described as a male white, 6-foot-4, 160 pounds, brown eyes and brown hair. Three other persons of interest have also been identified as possible conspirators.
Additional charges are pending, Lampert said. The agency thanked Bluefield Police Department, the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, and the Cabarrus County, N.C., Sheriff’s Office for their assistance, as well as information provided by the public.
