A warrant has been served on a Des Moines man who was alleged to have stolen two vehicles in Knoxville last month.

Chad Engel Visser, 44, faces two charges of second degree theft.

At 1:40 p.m. on November 4th, officers responded to the report of a vehicle theft in the 300 block of East Robinson Street, where a GMC Envoy was reported as missing. The vehicle was found later that afternoon abandoned in the 500 block of Highway 14, just north of the mile-long bridge. A witness described a man removing a green tote from the Envoy and placing it into a tan Chevy Trailblazer.

At 9:25 that evening, officers responded to a vehicle theft report at the Knoxville Walmart parking lot. An officer spoke to a juvenile female, who reported that her Pontiac Grand Prix had been stolen within the last 10 minutes. The officer viewed security camera footage and viewed a male exit the same Trailblazer identified earlier in the day and steal the victim’s vehicle. The driver of the Trailblazer was still present, and police spoke to him. The driver identified the man stealing the vehicles as Visser, and provided the officer with information about the previous theft that day. Stolen items were also located in the Trailblazer.

A warrant was issued, and Visser was arrested and taken into custody Thursday. Bond is set at $10,000, and a court appearance is scheduled for December 17th.