Ranchos man learns salvage rights don't apply on dry land

A Gardnerville Ranchos man was arrested Wednesday after Douglas County investigators received a tip that he had a boat that beloned to someone else in his back yard.

Evan Dewitt Bower, 49, was taken into custody after officers found a 1988 Celebrity motorboat in the back yard of Bowers' Bowles Lane home.

According to the Sheriff's Office, the boat was reported stolen on July 21 from a home on Dresslerville Road.

The owner of the home had moved away for a short time leaving the boat in the backyard.

Investigators said Bower told them he took the boat from the yard after a friend told him it had been abandoned there.

Bower was booked into Douglas County jail in lieu of $20,000 bail for possession of stolen property.

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