Three people were arrested after police say they stole an excavator from Wabash County.

Deputies in Marshall County were told they excavator was at a home in the 20000 block of 14-B Road in Culver.

Sure enough, when deputies arrived, they saw a pickup leaving the residence and pulling a trailer with an excavator on it.

Police pulled over the driver, a 25-year-old Hammond man and arrested him and a 33-year-old man from Gary who was in the truck on suspicion of possessing stolen property.

ABC 57 News reports they also arrested Jamie Nitcher, 48, of Culver, whose pickup truck and trailer investigator say were used to steal the excavator.