LYON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a juvenile on multiple allegations after a weekend arrest.
Just after 4a.m. Sunday, Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to the 400 block of Exchange Street, Neosho Rapids, for a report of an abandoned white Ford F150, parked in the roadway, according to Lyon County Sheriff's Sgt. Zachary M. Shafer.
While deputies were investigating this call another call was received at approximately 4:19a.m., in the 1600 block of K130, reporting a loud bang and a suspicious man leaving the area, walking. Deputies arrived on scene and determined a black Chevrolet Silverado, was driven off the roadway and struck a house.
At approximately 4:30a..m., deputies received another report of a man walking on Interstate 35, matching the description of the suspicious suspect from the 1600 block of Kansas 130.
Through the investigation it was determined, a juvenile male, stole the white Ford F150, from the Emporia area and drove to the Neosho Rapids area where he stole the black Chevrolet Silverado. He continued northbound on K130, where for an unknown reason he lost control of the Chevrolet Silverado, went off the roadway into a field and then struck a house. The suspect then left the scene, where he was located by deputies, walking on the Interstate.
The juvenile was transported to the Lyon County Juvenile Intake Office, where he was confined, pending formal charges through the Lyon County Attorney’s Office, for Felony Theft, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, No Driver’s License, and Interference with Law Enforcement.