An alert citizen reported seeing a man removing seats and other parts from a vehicle in the desert north of 3002 Interstate 70 Business Loop shortly before noon Saturday, leading deputies with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office to Damon Gant, 24, of Clifton, who was with a partially burned vehicle that was found to have been reported stolen 10 days earlier. Ultimately, Gant was jailed on suspicion of one count each of first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, criminal mischief, tampering with evidence, second-degree arson, possession of drug paraphernalia and littering on public lands.
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