By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local woman was arrested on a requested charge of felony theft after she allegedly stole a tow truck in north Salina Tuesday night.
An employee of A&A Towing had parked a 2012 Freightliner M2 in the alley of the 1100 block of N. 10th Street and went inside a residence, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported Wednesday. The keys were left in the truck as the employee had planned to stop for only a minute.
Forrester said that Delilah Ross, 35, of Salina, was walking and allegedly saw the keys in the ignition and drove the truck a short distance away.
Officers located the truck with Ross inside near the intersection of N. Fifth Street and E. Euclid Avenue, Forrester said.
Ross was arrested on the following requested charges, Forrester said.
●Felony theft
●Driving while suspended
The truck, which was valued at $65,000, was returned to A&A Towing, he said.