A pile of missing scrap metal from a Taylorsville business led to a man’s arrest at a recycling company in Columbus Monday according to deputies.

49-year-old Isaac Spiehler of Columbus is facing a charge of theft — receiving stolen property after the incident yesterday morning.

According to reports from the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy was patrolling the school zone in Taylorsville when he was alerted to a theft of the pile of scrap metal at the business. A friend had taken a photo of a suspicious vehicle near the pile and had a license plate number.

Columbus police were contacted and intercepted Spiehler driving the vehicle at Kroot’s in the city. The truck was full of the stolen scrap materials, which were given back to the rightful owner, deputies report.