Police say DUI suspect tried to steal tow truck

[March 19, 2010]  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Police in eastern Pennsylvania said a man charged with drunken driving faces more charges after allegedly trying to steal a tow truck a few hours later to retrieve his impounded vehicle.

Lower Saucon Township police allege that 29-year-old Timothy Peare, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., was spotted at 7:40 p.m. Sunday inside a tow truck at Saucon Collision, which was closed.

Police say he acknowledged that he was trying to start the truck to remove his impounded vehicle. Authorities said in court records he had been arrested on a drunken driving charge at 5 p.m. Sunday but did not say in what jurisdiction.

Peare is charged with criminal attempt to steal a vehicle, theft from a vehicle and loitering and prowling at nighttime. He was taken to Northampton County prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. A listed number for him could not be found Monday and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.

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[Associated Press]

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