An Ottumwa man was arrested in Washington County after stealing a Gator.

According to the Washington County Communications Office, at 7:06 p.m. Friday, a caller said a person had stolen his gator and turned west onto Highway 92 from Highway 1, north of Washington. Washington County Sheriff’s deputies and Washington Police responded to the scene. Authorities arrested 41-year-old Sergio Aguilar Victoria for theft in the second degree – a class C felony.

The case is related to an earlier call when a caller reported seeing a man trying to pick the lock of a vehicle south of Kalona. The man left, but also left a wire hanging in the window. Washington County Sheriff’s deputies and Iowa State Patrol responded to the scene, but did not witness a man at the vehicle.

Victoria was taken to the Washington County Jail.