A Kittitas County man is facing possible charges after police say he stole a cargo trailer from a construction site in Ellensburg and sold it to someone in Oregon.

The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 31-year-old Robby Joe Gibson of Thorp was arrested on Sept. 4 for suspicion of first-degree theft, first-degree trafficking in stolen property, and having a loaded firearm inside his vehicle.

Investigators say Gibson took the 22-foot trailer belonging to Belsaas & Smith Construction, Inc. from a work site off U.S. Highway 97 in March.

Court documents indicate that after allegedly stealing the trailer, Gibson then conspired with an unnamed out-of-state party to sell the trailer for $2,000 to someone in Baker City, Ore.

During his arrest for different crimes on Aug. 5, police seized Gibson's

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