By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A pickup reported stolen Monday afternoon was later found across town with two 13-year-old occupants.
William Toney, 62, of Salina, told police that sometime between 2-2:15 p.m. Monday, someone stole his 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 from where it was parked in front of his residence in the 700 block of State Street, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning. The pickup was valued at $1,500.
While officers were at the call, a citizen called in to report the same pickup driving recklessly in the 2600 block of S. Ohio Street, he said.
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper who was in the area located and stopped the pickup in the 1300 block of Meyer Drive. The pickup had struck a mailbox, Forrester said.
A 13-year-old boy had been driving, he said. The passenger in the pickup was a 13-year-old girl.
The boy was arrested on the following requested charges and was sent to the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Facility in Junction City, Forrester said.
●Felony possession of stolen property
●No driver's license
●Possession of tobacco
●Duty upon striking other property
●Reckless driving