SALINE COUNTY —A Kansas man remains in jail after a series of crimes in Salina.
Just before 3p.m. May 27, a 36-year-old Salina man reported that someone stole his 2000 Ford Mustang from the storefront of Cave Divers Liquor at 1103 West Crawford Street in Salina, according to Salina Police Captain James Feldman.
The victim reported that he left the car running while he went into the store to shop.
While the victim was in the store, a subject, later identified as Marcellius Garner, 31, Salina, was in the store. Employees told police that Garner was walking around the store and indicated that he did not have any money and was hoping someone would purchase alcohol for him, according to Feldman. Employees did observe him picking up a bottle of tequila, valued at $29, and then just walk out.
Garner then got into the Mustang and drove away. Feldman said later the same day, an officer located the Mustang at 409 South Broadway Boulevard, just a few blocks north of the liquor store.
Around 7 p.m., someone called from the Ambassy Hotel at 217 South Broadway Boulevard in Salina and reported a man running around naked outside the local hotel.
Once officers arrived, they located and identified Garner from the car theft at Cave Divers Liquor. Garner initially retreated back to his room and allegedly slammed the door barring entry.
Officers were able to get him to answer and he gave consent to his room where police observed the same clothing in the room that Garner had been wearing at the liquor store and the bottle of tequila.
Officers arrested Garner on charges for felony theft, misdemeanor theft and lewd and lascivious exposure.