GPS Leads Deputy to Car Stolen from Rochester Dealership, Suspect Arrested
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- A homeless man was arrested following an alleged vehicle theft from a Rochester dealership.
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That’s according to a criminal complaint filed in Olmsted County Court earlier this week.
Rochester police responded to the report of a vehicle theft from a dealership shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
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The dealership, which is not named in the complaint, is located in southeast Rochester. Staff told officers an unknown man had driven off in a 2013 Chevrolet Impala without permission from the dealership.
The vehicle has a GPS and law enforcement used the tracking system to locate the vehicle in downtown Rochester, the court document says.
An Olmsted County Sheriff’s Deputy then went to the location and found the driver, identified as 32-year-old Alexander Michael Carter, the complaint states.
Carter told the deputy he was taking the vehicle on a test drive and that the dealership gave him permission to take it.
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Dealership staff told law enforcement they did not authorize a test drive of the vehicle, according to the court document.
Carter is charged with one count of felony theft. He is being held on $20,000 bail and is due back in court next month.
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