Jul 29, 2021

Police recover stolen trailer and other items, arrest Salina man

Posted Jul 29, 2021 5:00 PM
<b>The stolen items that were recovered. </b>Photo courtesy Salina Police Department
The stolen items that were recovered. Photo courtesy Salina Police Department

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

A trailer loaded with ATVs, a go-cart, and a sprayer that was stolen early Tuesday morning from a north Salina storage facility has been recovered, thanks to an alert police officer.

Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that the $2,500 trailer and its $5,800 worth of equipment was found across town in a storage unit in the 2100 block of Centennial Road.

Surveillance video showed that at approximately 6 a.m. Tuesday, a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup pulled into the Citywide Storage parking lot and hooked onto the 18-foot Finish Line trailer loaded with a gray Kawasaki ATV, a green Arctic Cat ATV, a gray go-cart with roll cage, and a red-framed three-point sprayer. The pickup and trailer were then seen going north on N. Ohio Street.

The trailer and items on it were the property of Mark Augustine, 56, of Salina, Forrester said.

On Wednesday, officers were sent to the area of Norton Street and Albert Avenue for the report of a disturbance. While searching the area, one officer saw a pickup that matched the description of the pickup involved in the theft at Citywide Storage. The pickup, which the officer recognized as belonging to someone he had dealt with before, was at the apartment complex at 821 E. Wayne Ave.

<b>Ryan Ollenburger. </b>Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office
Ryan Ollenburger. Photo courtesy Saline County Sheriff's Office

Officers contacted the registered owner of the pickup, Ryan Ollenburger, 39, of Salina, who told them the trailer was in his storage unit in the 2100 block of Centennial Road, Forrester said.

Ollenburger was arrested on a requested charge of felony theft, Forrester said.