Mattoon Auto Theft

Friday, 17 November 2017

Mattoon police arrest two men accused of burglarizing and stealing a vehicle from a car lot in Mattoon.

Police said 31- year-old Laurence Thompson and 33-year-old Matthew Cook of Mattoon are accused of burglarizing Ideal Auto Sales and stealing a car while there.

Authorities said they were dispatched to the 19-hundred block of Lake Land Boulevard in regards to a business alarm.

They said the car was located in the vicinity of Hindsboro and pursued by a Coles County Sheriff's Deputy.

They said Thompson allegedly abandoned the car and fled by foot.

Police said the charges against Cook allege he was a passenger in the stolen car, and also fled on foot from the deputy.

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