Updated: November 20, 2017


A LIMESTONE COUNTY MALE WAS ARRESTED AFTER STEALING A VEHICLE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  AUTHORITIES WITH THE CITY OF MOULTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISE, THE MALE SUSPECT STOLE A TRUCK AFTER BEING STRANDED BY ANOTHER PERSON AT THE WALMART.  HE WAS LAST SEEN LEAVING THE AREA POSSIBLY ENROUTE TO WINSTON COUNTY ON ALABAMA 157.  AT AROUND 5:15 SATURDAY MORNING, A HUNTER HAPPENED UPON THE STOLEN VEHICLE WITH THE SUSPECT INSIDE.  HAVING KNOWN THE VICTIM AND RECOGNIZING THE TRUCK, THE HUNTER HELD THE SUSPECT AT GUNPOINT UNTIL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED.  STEVEN LEWTER, OF ELKMONT, WAS ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD FOR THEFT OF PROPERTY AS WELL AS PAROLE VIOLATION.