Two arrested in Callaway County metal thefts

Two people have been arrested in connection with theft of scrap metal in Callaway County.

According to the Callaway County Sheriff's Department, Mathew S. White-Bull, 20, Jefferson City, and Alexander B. Campbell, 19, were each charged with stealing and each posted $4,500 bonds.

The sheriff's office responded to three complaints of theft of scrap metal from residences in the New Bloomfield area.

Through the course of the investigation, it was learned the suspects were scrapping the metal at Advantage Metal Recycling near Holts Summit.