Bardstown man arrested after police track his footprints in the snow

NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO
STAFF REPORT

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, 2:45 p.m. — A 27-year-old Bardstown man was arrested Tuesday morning after police located where he was hiding by tracking his footprints in the snow.

Michael A. Cotton was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property and second-degree burglary after a police investigation of the burglary of a Kenton Drive storage shed. Police tracked Cotton to 1281 South Rogan Drive where they found him sleeping inside a white Mitsubishi vehicle covered with a tarp. Police located items outside the vehicle they believe may have been stolen, including an air compressor reported stolen from the Kenton Drive storage shed.

When police questioned Cotton, he confessed to taking the air compressor and participating in other area thefts. The vehicle and other items were seized and Cotton was lodged in the Nelson County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing, and police ask anyone with information to contact the Bardstown Police Department, (502) 348-6811 or Nelson County Dispatch, (502) 348-3211.

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