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Officers investigate suspected package theft on S 8th St, Terre Haute IN

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S 8th St, Terre Haute, IN

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers in Terre Haute responded to a possible package theft near South Eighth Street involving a white Ford Ranger with a black stripe. Multiple officers were dispatched to check the area and compare vehicle descriptions. Another welfare check occurred separately near Jessica Street where a person was reported sitting in a ditch after stumbling in a parking lot.

Audio|Heard on: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:35
Transcript:
00:00
I got a civilian report of somebody stealing packages.
00:05
White Ford Ranger with a black stripe on South Eighth Street.
00:09
Seventy-two and I'll be in the area.
00:13
Copy on Eighth Street.
00:19
What was it driving?
00:24
A white Ford Ranger with a black stripe.
00:32
10-4[2], 10-3[1] again.
00:34
Put me on that call.
00:36
I might hear it.
00:37
Third and Old Terrace.
00:40
10-4[2].
00:44
8435, 8440.
00:47
40.
00:49
Thirty-five.
00:55
Have a welfare check of an art south off Jessica.
00:58
A person in a red hoodie and a hat is sitting in the ditch next to a business on Jessica.
01:05
He apparently was stumbling around the parking lot there before sitting down.
01:09
Passerby wanted him checked on.
01:16
They were certain it was a Ford Ranger.
01:19
Correct? I just passed a gold S10 coming out on National from about 5th.
01:24
He told me twice it was a Ford Ranger.
01:28
10-4[2].
01:30
He said it had a black stripe that's pretty distinct.
01:34
Yeah, affirmative.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-3: Stop transmitting / Hold radio traffic
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or understood; OK.

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S 8th St, Terre Haute, IN

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