A 30-year-old man and 28-year-old woman, both of Pacific, allegedly stole a Stihl chainsaw from Dickey Bub Farm and Home, 100 Hilltop Village Center Drive. Officers also allegedly found illegal drugs in the woman’s purse and a car she was driving, Eureka Police reported.
The two were allegedly seen in surveillance video at about 11:50 a.m. Nov. 19 leaving the store with the stolen chainsaw. They left the store’s parking lot in a Hyundai Elantra, the report said.
Investigators identified the suspects after watching surveillance video, and warrants were issued for their arrests, according to the report.
On Nov. 23, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office contacted Eureka Police after arresting the man on the warrant. Officers went to Franklin County Jail and took the man to the Eureka Police Station, the report said.
The man allegedly told Eureka Police that he stole the chainsaw. He also said he sold it to someone else, according to the report.
After interviewing the man, Eureka Police released him pending the application for a warrant. He reportedly called the woman to pick him up at the Police Station, the report said.
However, a Eureka Police officer arrested the woman after seeing her in a 2006 Hyundai Sonata that was parked at Lions Park, 340 Bald Hill Road. The officer arrested her on the warrant, according to the report.
The officer allegedly found a bag containing a white-crystal like substance, a capsule with a powdery substance and a purse that had two used glass pipes, six used syringes, two blue straws with residue and six credit cards that did not belong to the woman or the man, the report said.
The woman was taken to the Police Station, where she was booked and released pending the application for charges, according to the report.
Eureka Police will seek a charge against the man through the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for felony stealing, Capt. Michael Werges said.
Depending on results of the drug analysis, Eureka Police will seek charges against the woman through the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony stealing, Werges said.