BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — Police in Boone County report four people were detained in a series of car thefts that included stealing a sheriff investigator's gun.
Police had asked for help identifying people whose images were captured recently on surveillance cameras in Lebanon.
In a social media post, the Boone County Sheriff's Office said the group had been involved in thefts from vehicles early Saturday morning.
Sheriff Tony Harris said one of the cars that was broken into was an unmarked vehicle assigned to an investigator with the Boone County Sheriff's Office. Harris said the suspects stole a weapon from the investigator's car.
On Friday, the department posted that four people were detained with the help of the Lebanon Police Department, Lafayette Police Department and Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department. It is not clear if the sheriff investigator's gun was recovered.
If you have information that could assist investigators, you're asked to contact a sheriff's deputy by calling 765-482-1412, option 4.