Police are looking for the person who stole a motorcycle from a downtown parking lot Thursday night.
Salina Police Captain Gary Hanus reported this morning that sometime between 11:11-11:43 p.m. Thursday, someone stole a black 2000 Suzuki VZ800Y Marauder motorcycle from a parking lot in the 100 block of North Seventh Street. The motorcycle was valued at $5,500, he noted.
According to Hanus, a 37-year-old Salina man told officers that he rode the motorcycle to Big Nose Kate's and parked it in the back parking lot off of North Seventh Street. He returned a short time later and found the motorcycle missing from the south end of the parking lot, Hanus noted.
An officer and the man searched the area and located the victim’s motorcycle a half block to the west in the alley between the 100 block of North Eighth Street and the 100 block of North Seventh Street, Hanus explained. Based upon evidence at the scene, the suspect moved the victim’s motorcycle with the kickstand down, he added.
The reporting officer is conducting a follow-up in the area to see whether any surveillance video is available, Hanus noted.
Anyone in the vicinity of and during the time of the theft who saw a motorcycle begin pushed is asked to contact the Salina Police Department.