Suspected car thief leads police to second vehicle

Sisters police recovered a vehicle reported stolen in Bandon after a man they arrested last week told them where to look for it.

Police arrested James Lee Meadows last week when they caught him driving a car stolen out of Bend. According to police, he also had in his possession a checkbook stolen from a man in Bandon.

Police questioned Meadows in jail about a stolen vehicle belonging to the Bandon man, and Meadows told them he thought it was parked at the Riverhouse in Bend.

Police recovered the vehicle.

Meadows told police that he did not steal the Bandon car and that it had been stolen by a man he knew only as "Steve."