Stolen Road Signs Recovered

Wilkes sheriff deputies have recovered a number of street and road signs that have been stolen in the area recently. The received an anonymous tip concerning the signs yesterday, and went to a home on Windy Ridge Road. There, deputies say they found a total of 15 signs, stolen from each branch of government that posts road signs. T



he recovered items included a North Wilkesboro street sign, five county road signs, seven state road signs and a pair of wooden federal parkway signs. Total value is listed at almost 12-hundred dollars. No one was home when they went to the house, but they say the signs were out in the open. No arrests have been made, but deputies list the owner of the house as a possible suspect.