Indiana man arrested for theft, attempted sale of military items

Published 8:00 am Friday, July 31, 2015

NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Police have arrested a 23-year-old man on charges of stealing property from a military facility in Indiana nearly a year ago. 

Cody K. Proffitt, 23, was arrested early Thursday morning and is being housed at the Clark County (Indiana) Jail awaiting extradition to nearby Floyd County for the theft of military paraphernalia valued in excess of $10,000.

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On Nov. 18, 2014, the Indiana State Police post in Sellersburg, Indiana received a complaint of burglary and theft from the National Guard Armory located in New Albany, Indiana, about 15 minutes from Louisville, Kentucky.

During the theft, several items were taken, including police-style Tasers, Taser cartridges, police-style pepper spray and other police/military style items, according to an ISP news release.

Shortly after, items like the ones taken started appearing on social media sites for sale. Detective Rachel Abbott from the ISP was able to recover these items. During her continued investigation, she was able to find other items that had been stolen, totaling approximately $10,300.00.

As the case progressed, Abbott was able to obtain enough probable cause to request a warrant issued in May of this year for an arrest warrant was issued for Proffitt’s arrest. The arrest warrant was for theft, a level six felony.

Although an arrest has been made, troopers are still searching for several items that have not been located. There are seven Tasers along with more pepper spray and numerous live and training style taser cartridges, a USB Data Download Port and several pouches that are used to hold the police-style pepper spray when not in use.

Anyone with information on the missing articles is encouraged to contact Detective Rachel Abbott at the Sellersburg State Police Post at 800-872-6743 or 812-246-5424. All callers can remain anonymous.

The Jeffersonville (Indiana) News and Tribune contributed to this story.