(Arnolds Park)– A Storm Lake man has been charged for allegedly stealing a pickup from an Arnolds Park parking lot.
38-year-old James C. Thompson has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle…a class “D” felony.
Authorities say they received a report that a 2001 Chevrolet pickup had been stolen from the parking lot of an Arnolds Park business around 6:00 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle was found about 20 minutes later in three feet of water in a ditch along a county road about two miles east of Arnolds Park.
At about 7:40 p.m. Saturday, the Dickinson County Communications Center received a call from a person that lives near the accident site. The caller stated that a man who had been involved in an accident was at the residence. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities identified the man as Thompson and determined he had been in the stolen vehicle.
Thompson was taken by ambulance to Dickinson County Memorial Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released. He was then booked into the Dickinson county jail.
The pickup Thompson was allegedly driving sustained an estimated 30-thousand dollars in damage.
The Arnolds Park Police Department was assisted by the Okoboji Police Department and the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office.
