Police arrested a 49-year-old Mazeppa man early Thursday morning for alleged felony theft, fleeing an officer and driving after revocation after a call came in of a possible theft at Interstate Motor Trucks in Albert Lea.

The man, Dale Micheal Bale, was located in Austin and has been taken into custody.

According to an Albert Lea Police Department press release, at 4:48 a.m. Thursday, the department received a call from a man who witnessed a suspicious brown Chevy pickup truck with an attached covered two-wheel trailer parked next to his vehicle. He said he saw a person run and noticed tires missing from vehicles, reports stated.

Officers responded to Interstate Motors and found that numerous tires were missing.

When the department and the Freeborn County Sheriff&8217;s Office attempted to locate the suspect vehicle, an Albert Lea Police Department officer found the vehicle on Interstate 90 by U.S. Highway 218 in Austin.

The officer attempted to stop the vehicle with lights and siren activated, but the person refused to stop for the emergency vehicle. The vehicle eventually stopped at the 179 mile marker.

Police took Bale into custody, and officers located eight tires and rims valued at $4,000 in the rear of the covered trailer. Through subsequent investigation, police also found the covered trailer had been stolen from Minneapolis.

Bale is being held in the Freeborn County Adult Detention Center and is expected to appear in Freeborn County District Court today.

Graffiti reported on buildings

Graffiti was reported on three buildings in downtown Albert Lea Thursday, according to police reports. Reports indicated one case of it was at the Shoff Chiropractic building on 139 S. Broadway Ave. Another case was on the back of the building at 111 E. Clark St., and the third was reported on the building and windows of 225 S. Broadway Ave., reports stated. The incidents were reported throughout the day Thursday.

Two arrested for underage drinking

Police arrested Joshua Michael Talamantes for alleged underage consumption and David James Hockinson for alleged underage possession of alcohol at 10:10 p.m. Thursday after a traffic stop near the intersection of Bridge Avenue and Ruble Avenue, according to reports.

Tires slashed

The tires on a blue 1991 Dodge Spirit in Ellendale were reported slashed at 10:22 a.m. Thursday, according to Freeborn County Sheriff&8217;s Office reports.