(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports a Union County man was arrested over the weekend, following the theft of a pickup truck from the rural Orient, area. The Sheriff’s Office says they received a report at around 10:48-a.m., Saturday, about a Ford F-150 that was stolen. At around 1:15-p.m., an Adair County Deputy ran the VIN of a 2009 Dodge 3500 pickup that was in a roadside ditch, east of Zion. The pickup was reported stolen a day earlier, to the West Des Moines Police Department.

At around 3:47-p.m., Saturday, while still on the scene with the stolen Dodge, the Deputy saw the stolen Ford pickup drive by. He activated his emergency lights, but the driver of the vehicle failed to yield, which resulted in a pursuit. The chase went south into Union County for about 15-minutes, before the driver of the pickup stopped, and took off on foot. Deputies with the Union and Madison County Sheriff’s Offices, Iowa DNR law enforcement personnel and the Iowa State Patrol assisted in the search for the suspect.

A call from a concerned citizen led to the suspect being located about one-mile from the location where he originally fled on foot. 27-year-old Wyatt Robert Schamp, of Creston, was taken into custody and faces two counts of Theft in the 2nd Degree, for allegedly taking both pickup trucks. He remains held in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 bond.  Schamp told authorities he fell asleep at the wheel of the Dodge before it went into the ditch, and then found the Ford pickup with the keys in it, before taking the vehicle.

In an unrelated note, 45-year-old Scott William Richard Funke, of Grimes, was arrested Nov. 12th at the Polk County Jail, on an Adair County felony warrant  for domestic abuse offender in possession or control of a firearm/weapon and possession of a controlled substance/1st offense. His bond was set at $5,000.