Newport Man Arrested For Car Theft

On December 18^th Newport Police Officers responded to a business on S Coast Hwy in Newport on the report of a vehicle that had been stolen while the victim was shopping inside of the business. Newport Officers and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies immediately began searching the area for the vehicle. Officers observed surveillance video of the theft and recognized the suspect as 41-year old Nicholas Hiseley.

A short time later, the vehicle was located in Newport by a Sheriff’s Deputy. Deputies and Newport Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on W Olive near NW High Street and identified Hiseley as the driver.  He was taken into custody without incident and lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on charges that included theft 1, unlawful entry and use of a motor vehicle and possession of methamphetamine. The incident remains under investigation.