Two adults were arrested in Perry Tuesday after a vehicle was stolen.

Perry Police Chief Eric Vaughn tells Raccoon Valley Radio an officer was dispatched to the former Alco store parking lot around 7:30am after a male and female were reportedly chasing each other.  When the officer arrived on scene he was told the two adults had gotten into a white Jeep Patriot with Mercy Hospital written on the doors.  The Jeep was pulling out of the McDonald’s parking lot when the officer initiated a traffic stop.  When speaking with the male and female inside the vehicle their stories did not match up.  Officers contacted Mercy Health Center in Des Moines and were informed that the Jeep’s keys had come up missing sometime Sunday evening or early Monday.  Staff checked for the vehicle Monday afternoon and it was still there but the keys were no where to be found.  The driver, 45 year-old Benjamin Teachout told officers he was employed by the hospital, which was later determined to be false.  The passenger, 35 year-old Candace Anderson, admitted to being suspicious the vehicle was stolen and the Jeep’s registration was located in her purse.

As a result, both Teachout and Anderson were arrested and charged with possession of stolen property.

The vehicle, which is being leased by Mercy Medical Center, was impounded.