SALINE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for alleged shoplifting.

Just after 11:30a.m. Monday, employees at Orscheln Farm and Home, 360 North Ohio in Salina reported they say a man identified as Mason Reeves, 37, Salina, shoplift several items, according to police captain Mike Sweeney.

Reeves left the store with two coats and hooded sweatshirt. Employees followed Reeves as he got into a maroon Nissan passenger vehicle and driven by an unidentified suspect. The employees continued to follow for several blocks but lost sight of the vehicle.

An officer caught up to Reeves near the intersection of Santa Fe and Antrim; he was on foot and the suspect vehicle was gone. Officers pursued Reeves on foot through several neighborhoods.

A 28-year-old Salina woman told police that she found Reeves attempting to steal her 1997 Honda Accord. Capt. Sweeney said she confronted him as he attempted to start the car with a screwdriver. Reeves then asked the woman to help him hide from police.

She declined and Reeves was arrested shortly after in the 1200 block of North Fourth Street. He was booked into the Saline County Jail for theft, attempted theft, obstruction and criminal trespassing. Reeves also had a district court warrant, according to Sweeney.