Man discovered asleep in stolen pickup

Brian Sosbe. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.
Brian Sosbe. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

A Hope man is under arrest after allegedly falling asleep in a stolen truck.

Columbus police were called to a store on Whitfield Drive at about 9:35 Sunday morning about a suspicious person in a vehicle in the parking lot. They discovered 32-year-old Brian Sosbe slumped over in the driver’s seat and found that the pickup he was sleeping in had been reported stolen from Shelby County, says Lt Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department.

As Sosbe was being searched before being taken to jail, officers allegedly discovered he had a syringe on him. He is facing preliminary charges of auto theft and possession of a legend drug injection device.