Police in Red Oak said late Monday evening a pickup truck that was stolen early Monday morning from the United Farmers Mercantile Cooperative in Red Oak, was recovered at around 5:40-p.m., Monday, near Grant. The 2002 Dodge Dakota was found one-quarter of a mile east of Highway 71 on 140th Street. The pickup was reported missing at around 8-a.m. Monday.

During the police investigation, it was determined a person or persons unknown entered the UFMC property at 203 W. Oak Street in Red Oak. Several vehicles owned by UFMC were rummaged through, but it’s believed nothing was taken. The suspect or suspects are then alleged to have started a 1991 Kenworth T-800 semi tender truck, and drove it through a chain-link fence that was surrounding large, bulk propane tanks.

From inside the chained-in area, they stole a white, 2002 Dodge Dakota pickup. The thief or thieves left in an unknown direction of travel. An investigation into the crime is ongoing. If you have any information that might help solve the case, call the Red Oak Police Department at 712-623-6500, or Montgomery County Crime Stoppers, at 1-888-434-2712.