18700 Meridian Ave. E. — Reported Truck-Theft Confrontation Site
A Pierce County man who found his stolen truck parked with a stranger inside ended up holding her for deputies himself, and what investigators discovered afterward added a strange twist: paperwork suggesting she was trying to put the vehicle in her own name. The confrontation unfolded Tuesday afternoon in South Hill after the truck had been stolen just hours earlier.
Deputies responded at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday to a reported armed carjacking in the 18700 block of Meridian Avenue East, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The call stemmed from a victim who was attempting to recover his truck, which had been stolen from him earlier that same day. The sheriff’s office described the incident as a reported armed carjacking as the situation developed…