By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
Two vehicles stolen in different parts of Salina were later found in other locations in the city late last week.
Sherri Gormley, 52, of Salina, told police that a white 2006 Ford Escape that her son had been driving was parked in front of their residence in the 500 block of Albert Avenue at 11 p.m. Thursday, but was missing by 5:30 a.m. Friday, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. The vehicle had been left unlocked and there possibly was a spare key left inside, Forrester said.
The vehicle was valued at $3,500.
On Saturday morning, an officer spotted the vehicle in the vicinity of the Gypsum Avenue/S. Columbia Avenue intersection. When the officer attempted to stop the car, it pulled to the east curb line and three people fled from the vehicle, Forrester said.
Police are reviewing body cam and dash cam footage to help ID the three people, he said.
In the other incident, Randy McIntosh, 68, of Salina, reported that his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, valued at $6,500, was stolen from in front of his residence in the 1400 block of Pershing Street early Friday morning. The SUV was unlocked and a spare key on a Denver Broncos key chain was inside the vehicle, Forrester said.
McIntosh told police that the SUV was there when he walked his dogs at 4 a.m., however, by 7:30 a.m., it was missing.
Forrester said the SUV was found a short while later in the 500 block of W. Beloit Avenue. Neighbors told police that the vehicle arrived in the neighborhood at approximately 5:45 a.m. Friday.
Forrester did not say whether the two incidents were related.