Man tried to steal Park and Rec tools from city shed at 3 a.m., Wichita police say

Wichita police say an alert citizen who called 911 helped officers catch a man suspected of stealing tools from the city.

The person called 911 at around 3 a.m. Aug. 16 after seeing someone breaking into a city of Wichita Park and Recreation shed in the 1700 block of South Hydraulic, police said Monday in a Facebook post.

Responding officers found Kyle D. Hughes and arrested him on suspicion of burglary, theft, criminal damage to property and trespassing. He was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail.

Investigators are trying to determine if Hughes is connected to other burglaries, the post said. Police have investigated several burglaries of city-owned facilities where tools were taken from March to August.

“This is a great example of ‘See something, Say something,’” police said in the post. “Thanks to this citizen for calling 9-1-1 when seeing suspicious behavior which led to this arrest.”

This story was originally published August 27, 2018 at 8:41 PM.