Two men arrested in major theft
Seth W. Smith
MARIETTA — Two men — one of them the son of a Cutler resident indicted this week for murder — have been arrested in connection with the theft of $250,000 in cash, collectible coins, bonds and precious metals from a Muskingum Township residence. Seth W. Smith, 20, of 43725 Carr Road, Coolville, was charged with felony counts of theft of more than $100,000, breaking and entering and safecracking. According to a release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Smith entered the cabin on at least two occasions and stole $65,000 in one-hundred-dollar bills, $20,000 in five-dollar bills, $40,000 in two-dollar bills, $10,000 in one-dollar bills, $6,500 in miscellaneous cash and ten 100-ounce silver bars valued at $25,000. On the second trip, he was allegedly accompanied to the residence by Gerald Quintin Smith, 18, of 390 Kennedy Road, Cutler, who has been charged with a felony count of receiving stolen property. Gerald Q.
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