TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A woman is accused of stealing the pickup truck of a volunteer firefighter who had stopped to help her while she was stranded along Interstate 70 in Topeka, Kansas, then leading authorities on a chase.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2nmELsM ) reports 23-year-old Erien Knox is charged with possession of stolen property and felony obstruction.
Authorities say a man stopped to help douse a car fire Wednesday morning along westbound I-70 and allowed the stranded female motorist to sit in his pickup truck, which the woman then drove from the scene.
A Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman says a trooper spotted the stolen pickup truck a short time later and gave chase before the woman was arrested in Wabaunsee County.
Online court records don’t show whether Knox has an attorney.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com
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