Investigation continuing on damaged stolen police car incident
Tuesday, September 12, 2000  - Hannibal, MO

An investigation is continuing at the Hannibal Police 
Department (HPD) of an incident Thursday night in which
a police car was stolen after the keys had been left in the
car. The car was quickly recovered a few blocks from where 
it was stolen, after the car thief had driven it off and hit 
some parked cars.

Edward King, 36, of 611 Church St., was arrested soon after 
the incident. He has been charged with auto theft, leaving the 
scene of an accident and driving while intoxicated.

No disciplinary action has been taken regarding the officer who 
drove the car to the location from which it was stolen, according to 
the police department. However, the investigation is not completed.

The following report of the incident was made by the police 
officers involved. It began at 10:49 p.m. Thursday, when the 
police were called to a fight in progress at a home in the 800 
block of Fulton Avenue.

The police car, a 1999 Ford Victoria, was stolen from where it 
had been parked. It was driven south on Fulton Avenue, and it hit 
two vehicles that were parked in the 1600 block of Fulton Avenue. 
Two cars owned by George Reynolds, 1605 Fulton Ave., were damaged.

The suspect then fled from the vehicle and was arrested a short time 
later, according to the police. The police reported King was a passenger 
in another vehicle when he was arrested, and he was still in the city 
limits.


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