Carlo Watson. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
While Lowe’s personnel were delivering merchandise to a residence in central Salina Friday, someone decided to take the truck.
Two Lowe’s employees were making a delivery about 2:30 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of West South Street and had left the truck running so they could use the power lift, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said Tuesday. When they came out of the residence, the 17-foot 2016 Isuzu box truck was missing, he said.
The truck had $400 worth of tools, a $1,000 black LG refrigerator, and the company cellphone still on board, Forrester said. Total property loss was estimated at just under $51,500, he added.
At approximately 4:20 p.m. Friday, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper spotted the truck headed westbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Hedville exit, Forrester said. The trooper stopped the truck and arrested Carlo Watson, 53, of San Francisco, Calif., on suspicion of felony theft and operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, Forrester said.
All property was returned undamaged, he added.