(KAIR)--An Atchison man is accused of the theft of a vehicle, and when he was arrested, he was allegedly in possession of drugs.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told MSC News the investigation began last week. “We investigated the theft of a 1991 Chevrolet truck, from the 1000 block of North 10th, that was taken on July 19,” Wilson said.

The investigation into the theft led to the issuance of an arrest warrant for Brent Buettgenbach who was located Monday. “That investigation led to a warrant being issued for a 52-year-old Atchison man, who was located at 8 p.m. Monday evening in the 800 block of Parallel. During his arrest he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, specifically a glass smoking pipe used to smoke marijuana. He's been a focus of several, recent investigations, which included also a burglary, that he's now been charged with, also in the 1000 block of North 10th.”

Wilson said the vehicle was located prior to Buettgenbach's arrest. “The vehicle did belong to a person out of Dekalb, Missouri. The vehicle had been in Atchison for a number of days and then was reported stolen...soon after the theft was reported, the vehicle was recovered.”

According to a report from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, deputies stopped the pickup truck, just inside Leavenworth County, near Easton Road, the same evening that it was stolen.

Although no arrest was made at the time, the truck was recovered and the stop led to the identities of the truck's occupants.

Following his arrest on the related charges, Buettgenbach was booked into the Atchison County Jail.