A northwest Missouri man has been arrested in connection with allegedly stealing a vehicle from a person being held behind bars.

49-year-old Curtis Scott Taylor of Hopkins was arrested by officers Wednesday at a residence in Hopkins.

The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call Wednesday afternoon around 4:30 from Maryville Public Safety about a 1996 Nissan Altima that had been stolen from a residence in the 100 block of N. Buchanan in Maryville. The actual owner of the vehicle is currently behind bars in the Nodaway County Jail.

Authorities located the vehicle abandoned in front of a business in Hopkins. The Investigation led officers from the Sheriff’s Office and Maryville Public Safety to a home in the 600 block of E. Warren in Hopkins where a male suspect was taken into custody.

The department said Taylor is being held in the Nodaway County Jail pending criminal charges.