PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police say a man was arrested for motor vehicle theft on Monday for allegedly stealing a vehicle.
Police Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to N. Gale, near N. Sterling Avenue, just after 12:30 p.m.
When they arrived, officers found a man who told them his vehicle was stolen after he went inside a business.
The stolen vehicle was later found abandoned on N. Western Avenue. The suspect had fled on foot.
PPD searched for the suspect, and eventually took 26-year-old Henry Swartz into custody on W. Hudson.
Swartz was taken to the Peoria Police Department for questioning, then to the Peoria County Jail following his arrest.
