Man arrested for stealing timber valued over $18k

CALDWELL PARISH- A man arrested Friday is accused of stealing seventeen loads of timber valued at $18,222.54.According to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, 41-year-old Charles Mason Adkins of Grayson, Louisiana was booked for stealing timber following an investigation led by LDAF enforcement agents.Investigators say that during the months of January and February, Adkins, a Caldwell Parish logger, cut and hauled seven