Bond was set at $2,500 each for two men arrested by Athens police early this morning after they were observed removing change from meters in the city's parking garage.
One of the men, 26-year-old Roger Lee Bell Jr. of Bessemer City, N.C., is under indictment in Athens County Common Pleas Court for allegedly possessing criminal tools in a similar meter theft incident in September. Misdemeanor charges against Bell stemming from the same incident were dismissed because Bell was in a North Carolina jail, according to a news release.
Bell and 31-year-old George W. Hodge of Clover, S.C., have been charged with felony counts of theft, possession of criminal tools and tampering with coin machines.
Police found an undetermined amount of change after the arrest.
A preliminary hearing is set for Mar. 26.
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