An off-duty Danville police officer is being credited with thwarting a possible car theft Saturday morning on Westover Drive.
Cpl. Timothy Scearce was driving up Westover Drive when he noticed three men in a rollback tow truck drive behind the home of an acquaintance, according to a news release from the police department.
Scearce called the homeowner and discovered the men did not have permission to be on the property, the news release states.
Scearce then called the police department and the responding officers “confirmed that the three men were attempting to steal a vehicle,” Lt. Mike Mondul said in the release.
Steven Ray Hankins, 45, of Danville, has been charged with attempted grand larceny and tres-passing. The other two men have not been charged.
Police said the men planned to scrap the vehicle for money at a facility near Danville.
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