COLUMBUS, OH – police in Columbus are searching for a man who robbed the utility truck in order to drive that truck through the front door of a business the next day. Once inside the business, the man stole an undisclosed amount of merchandise and cost over $100,000 of damage to the store.
According to police, on August 4, a male suspect stole a utility truck parked in the 5000 block of Hibernia Drive while the crew was working in the area. Workers saw the suspect driving south on Noe Bixby Road with the stolen Dodge Ram 4500 truck.
“A day later, around 4:36 a.m., the same suspect used the stolen truck to crash through the front door of a business in the 2000 block of Silver Drive. The suspect then stole merchandise from inside before fleeing. The estimated damage to the business is approximately $100,000,” CPD said in a statement.