PUEBLO – A man is behind bars after police arrested him for stealing a car in Colorado Springs.
Around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, officers found the car that was reported stolen in a southside apartment complex in Pueblo.
The license plates were missing and officers could smell a strong odor of spray paint in the air. Officers discovered the wheels had been freshly painted but no one was around.
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The car still felt warm so another officer came to provide assistance.
When a tow truck arrived and began hooking up the car, a shirtless man came running at police with the car keys yelling, “Don’t tow my car!” The man spotted the officers, threw the keys, and tried to run.
After a very short chase, officers arrested the man for stealing the car although he insisted he had nothing to do with it.