Arnold Police arrested a 48-year-old Fort Atkinson, Wis., man after he reportedly was found with keys to an SUV found on fire on southbound I-55 near the Hwy. 141 exit. The 2016 Land rover Discovery had been reported stolen in Fort Atkinson, police reported.
No one was injured in the fire, which the Rock Community Fire Protection District extinguished, the report said.
The SUV was found ablaze at about 6:25 p.m. Nov. 18 at the bottom of the interstate’s exit ramp. Officers searched the area and spotted a man who allegedly was looking into vehicles at the nearby Fox Chase Apartments parking lot off the West Outer Road. The officers stopped the man, who provided identification showing he was from Fort Atkinson, according to the report.
The man consented to be searched, and an officer allegedly found the man with keys to the stolen SUV. In addition, the man already was wanted on warrants from the St. Louis County Police in connection with a burglary, the report said.
The man was arrested and taken to the Arnold Police Station, where he was booked and held for St. Louis County Police. Arnold Police will seek a charge against the man through the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for possession of stolen property, Lt. Jeremy Christopher said.