Police are looking for a suspect seen on video surveillance in connection with a delivery truck stolen from a local beer distributor early Saturday.
An employee of Pestinger Distributing, 1825 Bailey Drive, told police that a red 2014 Peterbilt tractor and 1998 Hess trailer that was fully loaded for Monday deliveries was missing, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning.
According to Forrester, video surveillance showed a white male with thin build wearing black shorts, a black short sleeve shirt, a mask, and gloves loading several items onto the tractor-trailer rig and then driving it out of the garage. Additionally, surveillance video showed a white pickup just outside the garage door. The incident occurred at approximately 12:50 a.m. Saturday, he noted.
Total loss between the tractor-trailer rig and contents was estimated at more than $100,000, Forrester reported.
Later Saturday morning, officers were sent to the 3200 block of Foxboro, where a Pestinger Distributing employee had located the missing tractor-trailer rig. Forrester noted that the employee had been driving northbound on Centennial Road and observed the tractor-trailer rig.
Area video surveillance shows the tractor-trailer rig pull up around 9 a.m. and the same male subject exit, Forrester reported. Approximately five minutes later, the same white pickup, identified as a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, pulled up with an enclosed trailer attached. The tractor-trailer rig left the scene approximately 10 minutes later headed north, Forrester noted. Total loss in inventory after the truck was located was approximately $1,350, he added.