Man Arrested After Trying To Steal Truck
BPD officers were called to a Wheeler Rd residence early Saturday morning at approximately 2:30 AM for a report that suspects unknown had attempted to steal a pickup truck. The resident woke up after hearing his truck start. When the truck owner ran outside he found two suspects in his vehicle attempting to flee by backing out of the driveway. While attempting to flee, the suspects backed into a neighbors yard and caused the vehicle to stall. Both males in the truck jumped out of the vehicle and took off running.
Patrolmen Mike Henckler and Tim McKenna responded to the scene. Patrolman John Harring and K9 Bloodhound Diesel were called out as well, arriving shortly after Henckler and McKenna. Patrolman Harring and K9 Diesel went right to work, tracking one suspect into the handcuffs of Patrolman McKenna.
Micah Whittier was arrested at the scene and charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. Further investigation of the incident revealed that the owner of the vehicle left the keys in the vehicle. BPD highly discourages this practice for the reasons outlined above. Please lock up all your valuables, vehicles and homes. At this time we are still looking for information on the second suspect. Anyone with any information should call us at 978-667-1212.