Mayfield, Ky.–A Mayfield man is in custody at the Graves County Jail after a wild night during which he is accused of stealing two vehicles which he rammed into one local business and through the chain link fence of another.
He was found Monday morning in a church parking lot in Carlisle County, asleep in the back seat of one of the vehicles.
The suspect is 22-year-old Dolton Lee Graves of Mayfield. He is charged with two counts of auto thefts, a Dodge Ram and a Nissan Exterra; criminal mischief; wanton endangerment; leaving the scene. He also was served with two outstanding bench warrants.
At approximately 2:30 AM Monday morning, Graves County sheriff’s deputies received a burglary alarm call to the Stop and Go convenience store located at the intersection of Ky 58 East and Ky Hwy 131. When deputies arrived, they found the front glass doors to have been smashed in by what appeared to be a vehicle.
Approximately 30 minutes later, deputies were requested to assist Mayfield Police in getting a vehicle to stop that wasn’t complying. Near the city limits of Wingo, officers and deputies lost sight of the 2017 white Dodge Ram pickup.
The registered owner was contacted who advised that he just noticed that his pickup had been stolen from his driveway at 4500 block of Ky Hwy 131. The victim also at this time reported that a strange vehicle (KIA mini van) was left abandoned in his driveway.
Minutes later (3:34AM), a 911 caller reported that a white Dodge Ram pickup had just pulled into his place of employment, Gordon Food Service located at 3599 US Hwy 45 South. The caller reported that the driver got out of the pickup and just stole his vehicle, described as being a 2005 yellow in color Nissan Xterra. The victim attempted to open the driver’s door to remove the suspect from his vehicle, however the suspect accelerated, busting through a chain link fence and left northbound on US Hwy 45.
While processing the scene at the Stop and Go, surveillance footage indicated that the white Dodge Ram that had been stolen from the Ky Hwy 131 residence, was the vehicle that had smashed through the front doors. Footage of the white male driver was also captured, that indicated him exiting the pickup and running up to the front doors to enter, but quickly was scared away by the audible alarm.
At around 10:30 AM, Carlisle County Sheriff Will Gilbert located the stolen Nissan Xterra parked in a church parking lot in the Milburn community. The suspect was found lying in the back seat asleep.
Graves deputies went to Milburn and took the suspect into custody and transported him back to Graves County.
The investigation is ongoing. Both stolen vehicles have been returned to their owners.