WEST FARGO, N.D., April 13 (UPI) -- North Dakota police said a man who came into their station asking for an emergency gas voucher turned out to be driving a car reported stolen.
West Fargo Assistant Chief Mike Reitan said Dalton Beyer, 19, of Charlestown, Ind., came into the station Monday morning and said he needed a gas voucher, which police offer in conjunction with a local pastoral association for people short on cash who need emergency gas, The (Fargo, N.D.) Forum reported Wednesday.
Reitan said the man told police he was trying to get to Wisconsin to attend a funeral, and presented registration and insurance information for the 2004 Oldsmobile Alero he was driving.
Police said they became suspicious when the registration was made out to a T-Rex Conoco service station in Dickinson, N.D. Officers contacted the service station and staff there told them the car had been stolen.
"When it came up that the vehicle was stolen out of Dickinson, that kind of put an end to any gas voucher that he was going to get," Reitan said.
Beyer was placed under arrest.
