Three men were arrested Tuesday while trying to sell for scrap a cast-iron kettle reported stolen from a south Vicksburg front yard, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.

Clifton Walker, 28, 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road, Apt. 10A; Clifton Davis, 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road, Apt. 13A; and Eddie Good, 1208 Magnolia St., Port Gibson, were picked up at 12:17 p.m. at Vicksburg Recycling, 4766 N. Washington St., Stewart said.

The kettle had been reported missing a short time earlier from a home in the 4000 block of U.S. 61 South, he said.

While investigating, a police officer called various recycling places and was told that someone was at Vicksburg Recycling attempting to sell one, said Stewart.

The three were taken to the Warren County Jail and later released after each posted $2,500 bond.