Male tries thieving hotel Tv set medicine & stolen truck discovered in his possession
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Officers with the Lincoln Police Section arrested a guy they say was hoping to steal a Television set from a lodge, eventually finding out he was driving a stolen truck with drugs in a backpack.
About 3 a.m. on Wednesday, officers have been called to Region Inn and Suites, in close proximity to NW 12th and W Adams Streets on a larceny report.
LPD said officers spoke with a 22-yr-old woman who noted that she’d been remaining at the resort with a close friend, determined as 35-calendar year-aged Matthew Huston, who had stolen her backpack and the Tv from the lodge area they were being remaining in.
Officers mentioned Huston and an additional guy had been seen putting the Tv set in the again of a white Dodge Decide-up by the woman.
According to law enforcement, lodge staff identified as 911 when they noticed Huston return to the resort and officers contacted him as he was striving to go away.
LPD said officers uncovered the backpack concealed powering a garbage can and it was confirmed to have been the 1 stolen from the target.
LPD reported the sufferer permitted officers to look for the backpack and they positioned syringes and cannabis not belonging to the sufferer.
Huston was taken into custody.
Officers said they identified a glass pipe with residue and a important to a Dodge car. According to law enforcement, the residue area analyzed good for methamphetamine.
When officers positioned a 2001 white Dodge Ram in the great deal, they claimed they uncovered a Tv set covered by a blanket in the back again seat.
LPD claimed as officers checked the license plate of the vehicle, they realized that the plates at been stolen somewhere around two months prior from an region of 12th and Arapahoe Streets.
In accordance to police, a question of the VIN indicated that the truck, a 2001 white Dodge Ram 2500 valued at $8,000 experienced been stolen in Seward, Nebraska on March 1st.
Huston is dealing with felony theft by receiving expenses, possession of a controlled compound, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of cannabis fees.
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