Man Arrested In Car Theft

Sat., May 29, 1999

By Angie Gaddy angieg@spokesman.com

A man was arrested early Monday on suspicion of stealing a car after sheriff’s officials saw him speeding on Trent near McDonald.

James W. Bowen, 27, was arrested and booked into Spokane County Jail.

A sheriff’s sergeant said she was driving on Trent around midnight when a Chevrolet Cavalier passed her car. She said the car was going 85 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone.

After pulling the car over at Trent and Argonne, the sergeant learned that the driver was not the owner of the car. The owner was contacted and said the driver was a house guest who did not have permission to use the car.

Bowen was arrested and the car returned to the owner.

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