(L-R)---Brandon Knight and Kevin Berning/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff's Office

 

( KAIR)--A Missouri man is in custody after deputies say he was found in a stolen pickup in Effingham.

According to Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, deputies were called around 4 Sunday afternoon to the 400 block of Main Street on a report of a suspicious person trying to access local businesses.

When deputies arrived, they found a red Chevrolet Silverado parked on the street with a man in the driver’s seat. The truck was reported stolen out of Clinton County, Missouri.

Authorities say 26-year-old Brandon Chase Knight of Plattsburg, Missouri, was arrested for possession of stolen property and booked into the Atchison County Jail.

In an unrelated incident at the same time, deputies responded to a disturbance on the 800 block of Howard Street in Effingham. Laurie says 36-year-old Kevin Berning of Atchison was arrested on multiple charges, including domestic battery, criminal damage, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Berning was also booked into the Atchison County Jail.