Auto theft and its connection to home burglary

The police in Walhalla say the capture of a suspect, they believe, will resolve two crimes—-a home burglary yesterday and an auto theft last night. That individual, a young man, was being held in county lockup this morning, awaiting formal charges. Chief Ronald Wilbanks says a Plymouth van, stolen last night from a home on North Pine Street was found this morning near Laurel Street. And Wilbanks says the police believe their suspect stole the van as a way to elude the police who spent the night looking for their suspect in yesterday’s home burglary a short distance away.