SHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for theft at a car dealership.
Just after 11:45p.m. Feb. 16, police were dispatched to a car dealership in the 3000 block of South Kansas Avenue in Topeka on the report of a disturbance, according to Police Lt. Shane Hilton.
The security officer called in that a suspicious person struck his vehicle with an object as he patrolled.
Officers arrived and located the subject identified as 39-year-old Michael Mahoney of Topeka on the lot. There was evidence that he had broken into vehicles on the lot.
Police took Mahoney into custody. Once in custody, Mahoney kicked a Topeka police officer, according to Hilton.
Mahoney is being held in the Shawnee County Department of Corrections on requested charges of Battery to a Law Enforcement Officer, Burglary, Theft, Criminal Damage, Possession of Meth and Criminal Trespass.