WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - Authorities in Williamson County arrested a man over the weekend, accused of stealing a vehicle.

According to the sheriff’s office, deputies saw the vehicle, which was known to have been previously stolen out of Johnston City, traveling in Marion around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 21.

The deputies stopped the vehicle as it pulled into a gas station parking lot.

The driver, 36-year-old Steven W. Brown, was taken into custody and transported to the Williamson County Jail, where he was cited with felony possession of a stolen vehicle. A passenger was briefly detained, but was later released.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call the Williamson Co. Sheriff’s Office at (618) 997-6541.

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