Police: Man arrested after STA carjacking

A man was arrested after Spokane police said he jacked a Spokane Transit Authority truck.

Police officers arrested 27-year-old John B. Bowers after police located the vehicle in the Garland District, near the intersection of North Howard Street and West Lacrosse Avenue, Officer Jacquelyn Valencia told The Spokesman-Review.

Bowers is said to have carjacked the STA truck in the West Central neighborhood, at the 1600 block of North Belt Street, at about 7:50 p.m. on Tuesday. The vehicle was located about 3 miles away.

He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery (carjacking), theft of a motor vehicle, attempting to elude a police officer and two counts of third-degree assault.