Rural residents get alert on rise in shed burglaries

Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh wants the public to help his office nab rural thieves.

Walsh sent out letters to rural county residents Tuesday, asking for help in catching thieves taking all-terrain vehicles, quality power mowers and similar machines from farm sheds.

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