A man sleeping in the bed of his truck woke to it being stolen early Thursday morning.
The truck was parked at the Capital Medical Center parking lot, 3900 Capital Mall Drive S.W.
Olympia police say the man was able to call police at 1:14 a.m. and give updates on his whereabouts with his cell phone. Dispatchers used GPS from the man’s cell phone signal to help locate the stolen pickup.
The suspect drove the truck north on Highway 101 and later stopped on Fagergren Road in Mason County where he got out and went to the back of the truck wielding a knife.
The truck’s owner ran from the back of the truck to a nearby house. The suspect left with the truck, described as a silver 1989 Toyota pickup with a brown canopy with Washington plates, license No. B59457N.
Anyone with information can call the Olympia Police Department at 360-753-8300, or the Thurston County Area Crime Stoppers at 360-493-2222.
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