A car stolen from a central Salina residence Thursday afternoon was recovered later in the day in the west part of the city.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that Torry Ward, 44, of Salina, reported at about 1 p.m. Thursday that someone had stolen his 1999 Toyota Camry, valued at $3,800, from his residence in the 400 block of South Ninth Street while he was home eating lunch.
Ward said he had stopped at Casey's at Ninth and Crawford to get some food and then went home to eat, Forrester explained. Ward told police that he was in a hurry and accidently left his keys and cell phone in the car, Forrester said. Ward said he thought he heard his car start and when he went outside to check, it was gone, Forrester said. A neighbor told him that the car was headed south on South Ninth Street, Forrester added.
Approximately 30 minutes later, officers located the stolen car at the intersection of West Crawford Street and Beverly Drive and made a traffic stop in the 1700 block of West Crawford Street, Forrester said.
The driver, Justine Buster, 33, of Salina, was arrested on suspicion of the following, Forrester said.
Felony theft
Driving while suspended
Forrester said that when Ward picked up the car on West Crawford Street, he advised officers that he had seen Buster coming out of Casey's when he left there to go home to eat.