On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Officers were dispatched to the Corner Cafe for a Stolen Vehicle. Upon arrival Officers were given a statement from the complainant that he had driven his vehicle to the location and had parked it there unlocked with the keys in the ignition. About an hour later around 1 AM he returned to find his vehicle gone. The complainant never gave anyone permission to take or use his vehicle.
About an hour later, Door County Sheriffs Deputies located the vehicle unoccupied in a ditch north of the City of Sturgeon Bay. Sturgeon Bay Officers went to recover the vehicle and assisted Deputies in finding and arresting a 24 year old man from Green Bay who had stolen the vehicle. The 24 year old from Green Bay was booked into the Door County Jail on Operating A Motor Vehicle Without Owners Consent and Operating While Intoxicated (OWI). Officers remind citizens to never leave vehicles unlocked and to always remove keys and other valuables from their vehicles.
