By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina man faces requested theft, drug, and weapon charges after he allegedly was seen on surveillance video taking money from an arcade game
Officers were sent to The Alley, 115 E. Ash Street, Thursday for the report of cash being stolen from a video game the day before. Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning the manager told officers that the Dragon's Ascent video game keeps a total of how much money is taken in, but when he ran the report, the game was $500 short.
Video surveillance showed a man in a red hoodie at the game between 2-4 p.m. Wednesday. In the video, he is seen prying a panel open and removing cash. He then returned at 7 p.m. Wednesday and took more cash from the game, Forrester said.
A total of $500 was taken, he said.
An employee who viewed the video identified the man as David Boeschling, 23, of Salina.
Forrester said that at approximately 5:40 p.m. Thursday, officers were once again sent to The Alley, as Boeschling had returned. By the time they arrived, Boeschling had left in a green Honda Civic.
Officers were able to locate the Civic in the 100 block of S. Ninth Street, and conducted a traffic stop. A K-9 was deployed to do an air sniff of the vehicle and indicated the presence of illegal drugs, Forrester said. During a subsequent search of the Civic, officers allegedly found marijuana, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and a .38 caliber handgun.
Forrester said charges requested for Boeschling include the following.
●Misdemeanor theft
●Possession of methamphetamine
●Possession of marijuana
●Possession of drug paraphernalia
●Possession of a weapon by a controlled substance user
●No valid license plate