A Klamath Falls man was arrested early Friday morning when officers from the Susanville Police Department found him in posession of merchandise taken from Spirit Gas Station on Main Street just moments earlier.
At around 2:20a.m., officers responded to the gas station for an alarm call.
“Officers observed damage to the building and observed signs of theft from the business,” explains Public Safety Chief Michael Bengoa-Bollinger.
“Officers continued a search of the area and contacted a male immediately in the area who had merchandise from the store found in his possession.”
The man taken into custody was later identified as Klamath Falls resident Michael Scott Tyree.
“Tyree was arrested by officers from the Susanville Police Department and booked into the Lassen County Jail for burglary and resisting arrest.”