(KAIR)--Two men were in custody Thursday evening in connection with a case of two stolen trucks, including one of the box variety, that led to a pursuit that began when the pickup in the pair was stolen from the parking lot of an Atchison business that morning.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson tells MSC News 40-year-old Jason Smith, of Olathe, Kansas, is facing charges for the theft of the stolen pickup.
Arrested by Atchison County Sheriff's Deputies, Smith was booked into the Atchison County Jail.
42-year-old James Shoot, of Belton, Missouri, is facing charges of felony fleeing and eluding and possession of stolen property.
Arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol, Shoot was booked into Nemaha County Jail.
The arrests followed the box truck, stolen from Kansas City, Missouri, being pursued through Atchison until it was stopped in Nemaha County, Kansas.
Wilson tells MSC News Atchison Police Officers, around 8:45 Thursday morning, were called to the parking lot of the Atchison Walmart, located at 1920 U.S. Highway 73, following the reported theft of the 2005 Ford pickup. Within minutes, it was determined that a white box truck was involved in the theft, with both stolen trucks spotted about 15 minutes later, just before 9:00, on U.S. Highway 73, south of Atchison.
Although both vehicles were headed south, the drivers changed course, instead heading northbound, with an Atchison County Sheriff's Deputy in pursuit of the pickup while Atchison Police pursued the box truck as it entered Atchison's south end.
The pursuit of the box truck continued into Jackson County where the Kansas Highway Patrol took over until it came to its Nemaha County ending.
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