PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Pike County man has been arrested after being indicted earlier this month on charges related to stolen heavy construction equipment.

Ronnie Todd Lowe, 51, of Pikeville, has been charged with one count of theft, four counts of receiving stolen property and four counts of obscuring the identity of a machine.

The indictment alleges he stole an excavator owned by Kevin Prater back on Oct. 21. The following day, he is alleged to have been found with a stolen skid steer owned by Kevin Prater, a backhoe and skid steer owned by Water Dogs Construction, and a mini excavator owned by Wrightway Enterprises. The serial numbers on all four of those pieces of equipment were also defaced.

Each of the charges Lowe now faces carries a potential prison sentence of 5-to-10 years in prison.

Lowe is currently being held without bond in the Pike County Detention Center. He is scheduled to appear in Pike Circuit Court for arraignment on Wednesday.