FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Fairview Heights police arrested a St. Louis man in the parking lot of a Lowe’s store after officers said they found him connected to a stolen U-Haul vehicle, authorities reported.
Fairview Heights Police said the department was dispatched March 15, 2026, to the Lowe’s parking lot at 6211 North Illinois in Fairview Heights, Illinois, after a report of a stolen U-Haul vehicle possibly in the lot. Fairview Heights Police officers contacted the reporting party, described as an off-duty U-Haul employee, and determined the U-Haul in the parking lot had been stolen out of St. Louis, police said.
Officers maintained surveillance of the vehicle and coordinated with Lowe’s loss prevention to obtain a possible suspect description, according to police. A male suspect was observed in the parking lot and, after a short foot pursuit, was taken into custody without incident, police said…