TOWN OF THOMPSON – A Woodbourne man has been arrested for grand larceny after his vehicle ran out of gas in front of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office.
On Monday, September 19 at about 11:45 a.m., Sheriff’s Sergeant Blake Starner was leaving headquarters when he spotted a disabled pickup truck at the intersection of Old Route 17 and State Route 17B in Monticello.
The driver said he was waiting for a friend to bring a can of gas.
A computer check revealed that the driver, identified as Harold Tyler, 52, of Woodbourne, had a revoked license and the pickup truck was unregistered with switched plates.
While the sergeant was taking the suspect into custody, a State Department of Transportation worker stopped and advised that the pickup truck and driver were wanted for stealing approximately $2,000 worth of metal from a nearby DOT yard.
Tyler was charged with felony grand larceny and was arraigned before Thompson Town Justice Richard Baum.
Due to five prior felony convictions, Tyler was remanded to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.
