A report of suspicious vehicles parked in an alley led to the arrest of a Salina man Monday morning.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that officers were sent to the alley in the 200 block of North College Avenue for the report of two suspicious vehicles parked there for several hours. Upon arrival, officers located a gray Chevrolet pickup belonging to Dustin Reavis, 39, of Salina, and a blue 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the grass lot at the dead end of the alley, according to Forrester. Reavis was present, he added.
Officers ran the tag on the Tahoe and found it was stolen from a vehicle in the 100 block of South Clark Street and the owner of the vehicle was unaware that the tag missing until he was contacted by police, Forrester noted. The tag was valued at $1, he added.
According to Forrester, the VIN number of the Tahoe was then checked and was found to have been reported stolen out of Wichita on Sunday. The value of the Tahoe was estimated at $3,000, he noted.
Items located inside the Tahoe indicated Reavis had been in the vehicle, Forrester reported. Reavis was arrested on suspicion of the following, Forrester noted.
Two counts of possession of stolen property
Possession of methamphetamine
Possession of drug paraphernalia