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Man Wanted for Stealing Truck in Cherokee County Captured

A man is in custody after a day-long manhunt across state lines.

 

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, 61-year-old Charles Amos was captured just before midnight on Sunday in Oklahoma City. Amos was being sought following an incident in rural Cherokee County over the weekend for allegedly stealing a farm truck. The owner located the stolen truck and Amos nearby after Amos stopped to siphon fuel out of the stolen farm truck to put into a van, which had been previously stolen in Oklahoma City. When the owner of the stolen farm truck confronted the suspect, he discharged rounds from a shotgun at one of them, then fled in one of the family members' white 2015 Chevy 4-door truck.

 

Cherokee County Investigators coordinated with law enforcement partners in Southeast Kansas, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshal's Service and the Oklahoma City Violent Crimes Apprehension Team in efforts to locate and apprehend Amos, who is currently in custody in Oklahoma City, pending extradition back to Kansas.

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