Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones reports the arrest of a Nancy woman on Thursday, August 31, 2023 for Receiving Stolen Property $10,000 or More, stemming from an investigation into a stolen trailer on August 30, 2023.

Deputy Brett Thomas responded to a report of a stolen trailer from a construction site on August 30, 2023. The trailer and its contents were estimated by the victim to have a value of over $10,000. After the trailer was reported as stolen, two subjects came back to the property on Parkers Mill Way in an attempt to remove a vehicle from the area. The subjects were confronted by the reported victims, and from that confrontation a female subject fled the area on foot.

Through investigation, Deputy Thomas learned the name of the female subject, Ashley D. Sowder (36). The vehicle Sowder fled in matched that of the one observed in neighboring surveillance video footage as being the suspect vehicle.

Deputy Thomas later received a tip of the whereabouts of the stolen property and contacted Kentucky State Police Post 15 for assistance in the investigation. Post 15 Troopers responded to 361 White Oak Church Rd., Columbia, KY where the trailer and nearly all the reported stolen property was located. Also located at the residence was Ashley Sowder.

Sowder was arrested by Kentucky State Police for Receiving Stolen Property $10,000 or More, Resisting Arrest, and two Failure to Appear warrants. She was lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail.

This incident is still under investigation by Deputy Brett Thomas and further charges may be pending.
 

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office thanks the assistance of Kentucky State Police and Troopers with Post 15.

Sheriff Bobby Jones asks if you have any information about drug activity or any crime in Pulaski County, to contact their tip-line at 606-679-8477. You can also leave a tip on their webpage at www.pulaskisheriff.com. You can remain anonymous by texting PCSOTIP to 847411.