LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BURNED-OUT JEEP, RECOVERED FROM A VACANT LOT EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  DETECTIVE ROBBIE TATE SAID THE JEEP WAS PROBABLY STOLEN, BUT THE V.I.N. NUMBER WILL HAVE TO BE TRACED TO FIND THE OWNER.  HE SAID IT APPEARED THE VEHICLE’S RADIO WAS STOLEN BEFORE IT WAS SET ABLAZE.  IT WAS LOCATED, STUCK IN THE MUD, OFF OF RAMBLER DRIVE… THE ROAD TO LAFAYETTE HIGH.  A CITIZEN SPOTTED A VEHICLE TURNING IN TO THE DIRT ROAD SHORTLY AFTER 5 AM SATURDAY, ACCORDING TO POLICE. 

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