By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
The Saline County Sheriff's Office caught an alleged thief through cellular game camera evidence between Wednesday, Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 17.
According to Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan, in the 4100 block of North Muir Road outside of town, a resident discovered two cellular game cameras and solar charge panels stolen from the property.
Before the suspect got away with the two Muddy Outdoors trail cameras, they automatically snapped photos of him and sent them to the owner.
"At some point when they were taken, they emailed out pictures of the guy before he took it down," Soldan said. "So we got pictures of the guy and his vehicle. They went back in the Flock system, the cameras around town — they got the vehicle description out of Flock and identified the suspect."
The victim valued each camera at around $300 and each panel at $70, so the total loss was $670.
After deputies identified and connected with the suspect on Thursday, Feb. 23, he quickly turned the trail cameras over to them.
"He admitted to taking the cameras," Soldan said. "Since it was a misdemeanor, we requested charges against him. You need to be on-view to make an arrest in a misdemeanor theft, but we did identify a 41-year-old suspect who we will request a warrant for theft."
Salina Post will update the story as more information becomes available.