Feb 02, 2023

Police arrested Kansas woman for alleged car theft

Posted Feb 02, 2023 1:00 AM
Michaels-photo Atchison Co.
Michaels-photo Atchison Co.

ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a car theft and have made an arrest.

Just after noon Tuesday, a 29 year old victim reported the theft of a 1992 Mercury passenger car from a parking lot in the 700 block Kansas Avenue in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

 Police recovered the vehicle on Wednesday morning in a parking lot in the 400 block Main Street. They took Leanna M. Michaels, 59, Atchison, into custody on a requested charge of theft of the vehicle.