Man Charged With Stealing Truck From Met Council Fleet

A Mound man has been charged with burglary and vehicle theft after police say he stole a truck belonging to the Metropolitan Council earlier this week. Officers quickly found the truck with the help of an onboard GPS system.

Reports of a burglary at the Met Council’s Environmental Services Building on Westedge Boulevard in Mound first came in about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Police found a perimeter fence down upon arriving at the scene and took a stolen vehicle report.

Employees told police a truck belonging to the Met Council’s motor pool and clearly marked with Met Council logos was missing. Police tracked the truck’s movement using its GPS system and soon found it parked at a nearby residence.

Inside police made contact with Michael Edward Anderson, 55, of Mound. Anderson, according to court documents, was arrested and later confessed to the burglary and vehicle theft during a taped interview with investigators.

Anderson, according to the criminal complaint filed this week, told Mound detective Dan Niccum that he was high on methamphetamine at the time of the theft. Anderson has been charged with one count of felony burglary. He remained in jail at the time of this posting on $20,000 bail. 

Anderson will be back in court later this month.