ST. LOUIS MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING TWO VEHICLES

St. Louis man accused of stealing two vehicles

A St. Louis man is in custody in Wapello County for allegedly stealing two vehicles.  Back on May 5, Wapello County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a vehicle on Rock Bluff Road in Ottumwa. The vehicle had been burned and wasn’t easy to identify.  Investigators were able to learn the vehicle had been reported stolen from Putnam County, Missouri on April 23.  The Sheriff’s Department determined that 37-year-old Benjamin Franklin Felter of St. Louis was responsible for stealing the vehicle.  They also found that Felter had been in the Ottumwa area around the same time with another stolen vehicle.  That one had been stolen from Kirksville, Missouri on April 22.  Felter has been charged with first degree theft, second degree theft, second degree arson, first degree criminal mischief, three counts of unauthorized use of credit cards and possessing an incendiary device in a correctional facility.  Felter is being held in the Wapello County Jail on $51,000 bond.

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