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Running vehicles targeted in Atchison

(KAIR)--Atchison Police have recovered two vehicles that were stolen Wednesday while the owners left them running to warm up.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told MSC News a 2000 Hyundai was stolen from the 1600 block of Kansas Avenue after the owner left it warming up around 5:00 Wednesday morning. The vehicle was recovered later Wednesday morning in the 1400 block of Kearney Street.

A pickup truck was stolen from Weston, Missouri Wednesday morning also while warming up, but was found later in Atchison. Wilson said the truck was located in a parking lot in the 1300 block of U.S. Highway 73.

Last week, a pickup truck was stolen in Atchison as it was warming up in front of a residence in the 800 block of South 7th Street. It was later recovered in Kansas City, Missouri.

No suspects are immediately known.

Anyone with information about the thefts should call Atchison Police at 913-367-4323.

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