A man from Lampe is charged with theft by receiving after he was discovered driving a stolen vehicle in Harrison in January.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the Harrison Police Department made a traffic stop on a vehicle matching the description of one recently stolen near in Missouri, near Walmart on U.S. Highway 62/65. Officers followed the vehicle into the parking lot where they observed the driver reverse into a parking pot, appearing to try to evade detection.
The driver, identified as 31-year-old Dwayne Ebmeyer, was observed walking away with a female companion towards the store. Officers then activated emergency lights and stopped Ebmeyer where they were able to confirm with dispatch the vehicle was stolen out of Taney County.
Ebmeyer is currently being held in the Boone County Detention Center on $10,000 bond.
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