Personal Narrative: A Personal Experience With A Theft

On 03/29/2017, I was requested to assist first shift with a theft case they had been working. I was asked to make contact with a home owner at 1662 W. Ashleigh Ln. Milton, KS. This contact would be in reference to a stolen 1961 Chevrolet bus that was taken from the property that borders 1662. The information that was passed on to me was the bus had been converted to a motor home and had been sitting vacant on a row of cedar trees for the past couple of years. The person who is reporting the vehicle stolen said he has had permission to park the vehicle on the property. When he called a neighbor to check on the status of the vehicle he was told it had been removed and was gone.

When I arrived in the area of 1662 W. Ashleigh Ln, I could see the vehicle in question parked next to some cedar trees. I walked up to the residence and made contact with the home owner, she was identified with KS DL# K02-97-1866 as Terryn M. Heimken. I began to
I then contacted the original RP who was identified as Brian Cox from Deputy Wylie's report. I was able to contact Brian at the number provided. Brian was told the bus that he reported stolen was in fact sitting in the same place he had left it. Brian was shocked and said he called someone that lived on Ashleigh Ln and they said it was gone. Brian then began to apologize and said he should have gone and checked before he called to report it stolen. I then told Brian the land that the bus sits on was about to be sold, so he needed to make arrangements to get it moved if he wanted to keep it. Brian assured me that he would be out this weekend to get the bus running and move it off the property. I referred him to a few wrecker services and advised it might be easier to have it trailered off to a different location. Brian said he would take care of the