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Johnson County Car Theft Suspect Arrested: Sheriff's Office

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says a man suspected of burglarizing a vehicle Tuesday morning has been arrested and is in custody.

At about 8:30 a.m. 911 dispatchers received a call regarding a possible vehicle burglary and were told the suspect was still in the vehicle.

The vehicle was said to be on the 9800 block of County Road 514, a rural part of Johnson County.

Deputies responded to this location and the suspect, later identified as John Lansford, fled on foot into a field.

Both the Mansfield Police Department with a K9 and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office searched for the man.

The sheriff's office said Lansford was arrested at about 6 p.m.

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