Waukesha County vehicle stolen

This just in from Waukesha Police Capt. Mark Stigler:

Today at 4:11 a.m.,  a Waukesha County vehicle was stolen after a county employee who had stopped at the Speedway gas station, 400 Summit,  to purchase fuel.

He parked the vehicle and left it running while he went inside.

A suspicious individual was observed waiting out front while the employee was inside.  That suspect got into the vehicle and drove off, finally heading down I-94 for Milwaukee.

After being spotted by a Waukesha Police Department patrol unit in the city, the officer followed the vehicle and a high risk stop was conducted on the vehicle in Milwaukee County with the assistance from Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department.

Waukesha sheriffs and the State Patrol assisted. The driver, a 30-year-old Waukesha man,  was arrested and will be referred on charges of operating a motor vehicle without owners consent and a probation violation. He was not intoxicated.