Crime & Safety
Police: Man Caught on Camera, Charged with Stealing Meth Ingredient
Police said video surveillance captured the theft and helped identify the man.
A Eureka man was charged with stealing a bulk storage tank of anhydrous ammonia from a manufacturer in Shrewsbury.
Robert K. Theiss, 41, of the first block of White Doe Court in Eureka, was charged Monday with theft of anhydrous ammonia by storage tank, a class A felony.
Shrewsbury Police said Theiss was captured on video surveillance at about 5:38 a.m. Sept 3 stealing the storage tank from Carr Lane Manufacturing, 4200 Carr Lane. He was identified on the video, arrested and confessed to the theft, police said.
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Anhydrous ammonia is used in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.
Theiss was being held Thursday in St. Louis County jail. Bail was set at $75,000.
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