COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Update:
Officers found the stolen truck earlier Wednesday morning after a citizen reported it in a field near the 4100 block of Park Village Grove behind townhomes.
Officers are still looking for the suspect, who is believed to be an 18-22-year-old man who wore a blue Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap and a blue shirt when he stole the truck.
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Original story:
Colorado Springs Police officers are still searching for a stolen truck that was filled with expensive home appliances.
Officers said a Rent-A-Center employee was unloading merchandise from a truck Tuesday night when a man came up to him and jumped into the front seat of the truck.
The suspect threw the truck into gear and began to pull away, and the employee was forced to jump out of the back of the truck.
Officers said the truck is a 2009 Chevrolet Express 3500 box truck with Colorado license plate 785-UCB.
It has Rent-A-Center decals on both sides and had been filled with merchandise including a television, washing machine and couch.
The suspect is described as an Asian or Caucasian man between 18 and 22 years old.
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