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Update: Hutch man jailed for stealing truck makes first appearance

Reno County Jail

The 38-year-0ld Hutchinson man jailed after he allegedly stole one vehicle while allegedly breaking into another made a first court appearance this morning where he was told of the potential charges.

Zackary Ryan Tyler is accused of two counts of felony theft, auto burglary, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to Police Sgt. Rob Rowe, employees of Ramsey Oil in Hutchinson discovered one of their trucks stolen, but apparently located the vehicle in the 600 block of West 7th. Rowe says they found Tyler with the vehicle. He apparently also had items with him belonging to an employee of the company including an employees jacket he was allegedly wearing. That means he had to have broken into another vehicle at the company’s offices on West 4th.

Sgt. Rowe says the company has GPS devices in their trucks and that’s how they were able to locate the missing vehicle. He says police didn’t even know that a vehicle had been taken until they contacted them and informed them that they had located their missing truck and found the suspect sleeping in the bed of it.

Tyler allegedly had other property that didn’t belong to Ramsey Oil or any of their employees which means that he may have been involved with other crimes that could lead to additional charges.

Tyler has previous convictions for aggravated battery and DUI for cases going back to 2003.

Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen agreed to lower the bond from 18-thousand to 15-thousand dollars. He’ll be back in court on May 30.

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