A Woodbury man faces joyriding charges after being involved in a onevehicle accident. Back on Monday, Woodbury resident Lawson Thomas went to
the police department seeking a warrant against Kyle Ortkiese for taking
Thomas’s truck without his permission. Mr. Ortkiese had taken the truck
back on June 12th and wrecked it on Sunny Slope Road. Lawson wanted to
report the truck as stolen but was given a warrant for joy riding.
Assistant Police Chief Kevin Mooneyham spoke with Mr. Ortkiese after the
original accident. At the time Mr. Ortkiese admitted to taking the truck
without permisson but was taking it to get a load of scrap metal, and then
returning to Lawson’s residence. Due to Mr. Ortkiese not having the
intent to deprive Lawson of the ownership of the truck, it was decided to
charge Mr. Ortkiese with joy riding and not theft.
Police arrested Mr. Ortkiese Monday at Lawson Thomas’s residence and
transported him to the Sheriff’s Department for booking.
