Evansville Police arrested 43 year old Charles Tate on auto theft charges after he failed to return a rental truck for several weeks.
Tate used a credit card to rent a truck from the eastside Home Depot on December 28, 2018. The contract was for a 1 day rental. Tate failed to return the truck and refused to return it after several request from Home Depot. When Home Depot tried to extend the contract by using Tate’s credit card information, the card was declined. On January 16th, Home Depot reported the truck stolen.Â
Officers located the stolen truck in the 400 block of E Virginia on January 29th. Officers located Tate near the truck and he was taken into custody. Officers also found narcotics in the truck.
Tate was arrested for Auto Theft and Possession of Methamphetamine.Â
