Vehicle stolen

NEWS ALERT (UPDATED 11 a.m.): Police in Marion are investigating the discovery of a stolen car found at Pamida parking lot Sunday night and the report of another vehicle being stolen from a residence on West Carlisle Street Sunday afternoon. Kara Hatfield of Marion reported Sunday that her blue Ford Expedition was missing from in front of her home on East Carlisle. A few hours later a red GEO was found at Pamida. It had been stolen from Wal-Mart parking lot in Princeton.

City Police Chief Ray O'Neal does not think these cases are related to the escaped inmate from the Fredonia Farm Center. James A. Allgood walked away from a work release program at Lyon County High School Friday and is already believed to have stolen two other vehicles in the area. O'Neal said state police believe Allgood was seen in Breckinridge County Sunday. He is believed driving a green Mercury Tracer.

The chief said the two cases in Marion may not even be connected. Right now there is no evidence to indicate that they are related other than timing. O'Neal said Hatfield's SUV, bearing a front license plate reading Salty Dog, was seen heading toward Fredonia Sunday afternoon. A neighbor told police that two men pulled up near the Hatfield vehicle in another car. One jumped and took the SUV, she told policeman George Foster.

Anyone with information should call the Marion Police Department at 965-3500.