Butler man charged with several thefts in Missouri and Kansas

Kyle Boulais

Authorities have arrested a Missouri man after OnStar technology was used to disable a car that was reported stolen from a Kansas home.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department says in a news release that the 2016 Chevy Malibu was discovered missing Sunday morning from a home where a pickup truck, which had been reported stolen several hours earlier, was located. After the car was disabled, the sheriff’s office in Jasper County, Missouri, arrested 20-year-old Kyle Boulais.

Authorities say items in the car tied Boulais to the other vehicle burglaries, as well as other Cherokee County burglaries. Boulais, who’s from Butler is charged in Missouri with tampering with a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property.

Cherokee County, Kansas Sheriff David Groves says he expects several felony charges to be filed against Boulais on the Kansas side of the border in connection with the alleged thefts of firearms, tools, a drivers' license and other documents from unlocked vehicles at six different locations in Cherokee County -- in addition to the thefts of the three vehicles in Crawford County.

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