A local newspaper's car that was stolen earlier this week has been located and a Salina man arrested.
On Monday, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported that a blue Ford Focus valued at $1,500 and belonging to the Salina Journal was stolen from a parking lot at 621 North Santa Fe sometime between 8:30 a.m. Sunday and 4:35 a.m. Monday. The keys were left in the driver's side door, he noted.
Forrester reported this morning that an officer spotted a light blue Ford Focus driving in the 1000 block of East Iron Avenue at approximately 6:15 p.m. Monday. The car pulled into the parking lot of Taco Bell, 1040 East Iron Avenue, and the officer ran the plate, which revealed that the car was, indeed, the stolen Focus, Forrester explained.
The driver, Patrick Dale, 32, of Salina, was arrested on a requested charge of felony theft, according to Forrester.
The car was not damaged and was returned to the Salina Journal, he noted.