-----------NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A 46-year-old Edgewater man was arrested this morning on burglary and theft charges after police said they caught him trying to take pieces of scrap metal from the back of a tractor-trailer at 1125 S. Orange St.
"He was caught red-handed in the act right in broad daylight," New Smyrna Beach police Sgt. Eugene Griffith said of the 7 a.m. incident.
All of the pilfered materials were returned to the owner.
Robert Cheeseboro was charged with burglary of a structure, which is a felony, and misdemeanor theft. He was being held on $1,500 bail at the Volusia County Branch Jail in Daytona Beach.