Adam J. Snyder

WARSAW —An employee of Gulfstream was arrested Thursday after being seen taking tools from an employee. The investigation lead to other tools he had been stealing tools from the company and another employee for over four years.

Initially two of the theft charges against Adam J. Snyder, 38, West CR 250S, Warsaw, were misdemeanors, but were enhanced due to previous convictions on related offenses.

Snyder was arrested on three counts of theft — one a level 6 felony and two class A misdemeanors. Due to convictions of theft on March 13, 1996, and conversion on Sept. 6, 2001, the misdemeanor charges were enhanced. Now all three theft charges are level 6 felonies.

According to court documents, filed in Kosciusko Superior Court 1 on Dec. 8, police were called to Gulfstream, Warsaw, after an employee reported the theft of tools. Kellie Kearny reported the theft of a DeWalt bag containing a DeWalt drill, batteries, tools and charger, valued at $600. The theft occurred between Nov. 30 and Dec. 3.

Melvin Reyes, a Gulfstream employee, told police he had observed Snyder leave the company at 4:37 p.m. Nov. 30 with a DeWalt bag. A surveillance video showed Snyder coming to work with a lunch box and leaving with the drill bag. Police were told all tools are engraved and identifiable.

Snyder admitted to police he stole the items belonging to Kearney. Going to a shed where Kearney’s items were, police observed other drills and tools. Snyder admitted he had stolen other air tools from the company over the past four years. Each of the tools were engraved with Gulfstream’s identification and are valued at over $2,200. Snyder also turned over to police a Mikita drill, stolen from Albert Anderson, valued at $175. That was stolen sometime in August.