Men accused of stealing water for water slide
ATLANTIC, Iowa – A Nebraska man and a man from Neola face theft and public intoxication charges after allegedly stealing water from a fire hydrant for an outdoor water game.
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. Dwayne Ritchie said 36-year olds Michael Wheeler of Omaha, and Shane Benedict were arrested Saturday after a trailer pulled behind the pickup they were driving blew a tire, sending the pickup and trailer into a ditch.
According to authorities, the trailer was hauling a 15-hundred gallon tank filled with water allegedly stolen from a fire hydrant in Underwood. Ritchie says a witness saw the men filling the tank from a city hydrant and reported the action to police.
Ritchie says the men indicated they were going to use the water for a water slide.
- AP
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