NEWTON – We now have the name of the man who was allegedly involved with stealing numerous vehicles and a man hunt on Wednesday February 6th. He has been identified as 35-year-old Jack Stanley of Wichita.

It has also been decided through discussions between the Harvey County Attorney and the Sedgwick County District Attorney that all charges from the events in both counties will be prosecuted by the Sedgwick County D-A’s Office.

Stanley has been released from the hospital and now is in custody at the Sedgwick County Jail.

Harvey County Deputies were dispatched just before 6 a-m Wednesday to 18305 W. U-S Highway 50, at Southwest Wheels, a residence and home-based business selling used trucks and motorcycles. The owner called 9-1-1 to report that one of his trucks was being stolen.

The alleged victim went outside to check on his other property and discovered a second suspect. This suspect was located inside a shed on the property and was in the process of stealing a 2nd vehicle. The victim confronted the suspect and the suspect attempted to run over him in the stolen vehicle. The victim, armed with a shotgun, fired one round at the pickup as it was coming at him. It’s believed that Stanley crashed the vehicle into a tree and began to exit the vehicle when a second round was fired by the victim. Stanley then fled on foot from the property. Investigators discovered a 2001 Dodge Ram 4×4 pickup had been stolen from the victim. A motorcycle had also been taken from the property, but was recovered in the south ditch east of the victim’s business on Highway 50. A second white pickup belonging to the victim was loaded with various tools and equipment belonging to the victim, but never made it out past the victim’s property.

Around 8:00 a-m, a resident in the 17000 block of SW 24th, about a mile south of the Highway 50 crime, reported their maroon 2010 mini van had just been stolen. This mini van was recovered, abandoned, a short time later in Sedgwick County off of North 215 St. West and West 109th Street. The vehicle had been driven into the creek area.

Area law enforcement began a search of the area and the suspect was found about 5-miles from where the stolen mini van was recovered hiding in weeds by the creek bed.

Again, he will face any prosecution in Sedgwick County, even the crimes occurring in Harvey County.