On Monday, Aug. 17, at approximately 9 a.m. Fowler Police Department was notified of a wrecked and abandoned pickup south of town on Road HH.
Upon arrival, Fowler Police Chief Henry Borrego and Fowler Fire Chief Tracy Nelson searched the scene and found no one present. The pickup, a white Chevrolet with identification tags indicating it belonged to Joshua Motors in Fowler, appeared to have been rolled one and a quarter times. Amid the wreckage a cell phone belonging to a local juvenile was found.
Mike Diodosio, owner of Joshua Motors, was contacted and called to the scene to identify the vehicle. Diodosio indicated the pickup, owned by another party and on his lot under consignment, had been taken without his knowledge or permission. Because the keys were in the pickup, Diodosio believed the office at his dealership had also been broken into.
According to Diodosio, this is the second time in less than two months a vehicle has been stolen from his business. In the earlier incident Chief Borrego reports the vehicle was recovered in Arizona and the case was solved. Monday's theft appears to be unrelated and remains under investigation by the Otero County Sheriff Department.
