An Indiana man was arrested after he allegedly showed up at a North Dakota police station in a stolen car looking for help to buy gas.
West Fargo Assistant Chief Mike Reitan tells The Forum that the 19-year-old man from Charlestown, Ind., showed up at the station Monday morning asking for a gas voucher. Police work with a local charity to provide such vouchers to people in emergencies.
Reitan says the man told police he was trying to get to Wisconsin to attend a funeral. When the car he was driving turned out to be registered to a Dickinson convenience store, West Fargo authorities checked and discovered the vehicle had been stolen.
Reitan says that put an end to the gas voucher discussion. Officers took the man to jail.