City police went on a brief foot chase that started by the courthouse to catch a white male allegedly observed rifling through vehicles and "possibly in possession of stolen items." He is wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a hat. He's now been tracked down in the ARC parking lot on Walnut Street.
He was on a bike at first but ditched it in the weeds behind the courthouse.
UPDATE 2:27 p.m.: He's being taken back to the courthouse. He allegedly is in possession of "items commonly found in the front seats of passenger vehicles," says on officer, "change, cigarettes, electronic items." They are going to meet up with owners of the vehicles allegedly involved and interview them.
UPDATE 2:32 p.m.: "There are some silver coins -- dimes and nickels -- strewn about here," says an officer searching the grounds of the courthouse. They've also found some other property -- a camera and other items -- that were possibly stolen.
Not the smartest place to
Not the smartest place to steal from cars, I would think that lawyers, and judges and DA's and Public Defenders park there and I wouldn't want them to think I was trying to steal from thier cars!!!
Yeah Gary not a smart place
Yeah Gary not a smart place at all. While he was at it, he should have just gone inside and picked up a gavel or 2. :)