Subjects in custody following mailbox thefts

On 3-18-2020 at around 4:00 AM, officers from the Belton Police Department were dispatched to the neighborhood of Kentucky View on a report of parties going through mailboxes. Officers arrived and located a black Chevrolet truck leaving the area. A check of the license plate revealed the truck to be stolen out of Johnson County Kansas. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle but it fled northbound on I-49 at low speeds. A Belton officer was able to deploy a tire deflation device as the vehicle exited I-49 at 155th St. The truck continued on and came to a stop a short time later on E 153rd Terr. Two male parties ran from the vehicle. The passenger was taken into custody almost immediately but the driver escaped apprehension.

With the assistance of the Grandview Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, a perimeter was set up and a canine officer from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene. The Cass County canine located the driver in the 6100 block of E 152 Terr where he was taken into custody. The driver was treated at the scene for a dog bite and then transported to the Belton Jail. Mail from multiple residences was located in the stolen truck and recovered. Both subjects are being held in the Belton Jail on investigative holds. Their identities are not being released pending charges.