By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina woman was arrested late Wednesday afternoon after she was found driving a pickup stolen downtown a few minutes earlier.
David Jeakins, 39, of Salina, walked out of his place of employment in the 300 block of N. Fifth Street at approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and found that his 2005 Chevrolet Colorado had been stolen, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. Jeakins reported that a coworker saw a woman get into the pickup and drive away south on N. Fifth Street. The keys were in the pickup, Forrester said.
While officers were on their way to Jeakins' location, another officer spotted the stolen pickup near the intersection of S. Fifth Street/E. Mulberry Street. The officer stopped the pickup in the 200 block of S. Seventh Street and arrested the driver, Mary Willems, 25, of Salina, on a requested charge of felony theft, Forrester said. She allegedly had $25 in cash from the pickup in her pocket, he said.