A traffic stop just before 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning leads to the arrest of a Salina man in a stolen pickup.

Sheriff Glen Kochanowski said a deputy stopped the truck in the area of K-140 Highway and Niles Road, after the driver of the pickup was having trouble maintaining a lane and drove off the road into a ditch.

A check determined the pickup had been stolen from a fenced area at I-70 and Niles Road, between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The pickup is owned by Royer Brothers Tree Service of Sterling, Kansas.

The pickup was towing a trailer and had a lawn mower and metal flowers in vases, and a hot air balloon frame.

Arrested on requested charges of vehicle burglary, felony theft, criminal damage to property, and trespassing was 38-year-old Jason M. Wheeler.

Kochanowski said more charges are possible