Bloomfield driver accused of taking car for a test drive to Kentucky

When a Bloomfield man who took a Honda CRV out for a test drive from a car dealership didn’t return, the dealership called police. They found him, four days later.  

Joseph Kenneth Myers

Joseph Kenneth Myers, 29, Bloomfield, was arrested by Officer Debbie McDonald of the Linton Police Department last Friday, January 22.

According to LPD Officer Joseph Riley, the investigating officer, dispatch at the police department got a call from the Bob Walters car dealership in Linton around 6 p.m. on Monday, January 18. An employee said Joseph Myers had taken a vehicle out for a test drive and had not returned.

The vehicle was a white 2013 Honda CRZ with a dealer’s plate. Myers filled out a test drive form, left his driver’s license at the dealership and took off for a test drive. At the time the dealership contacted police, Myers had been gone for several hours and the dealership staff had attempted to contact him with no success.

Nearly four days later, at 1:30 p.m. Friday, the vehicle was located at the South Side Express gas station in Linton and Officer McDonald was dispatched.

When she arrived, Officer McDonald found and stopped the vehicle and Myers, who was detained and transported to the police department.

During an interview, Myers allegedly said he was not familiar with how buying a car from a lot works and that he wasn’t aware he could not drive the vehicle for as long as he wanted.

Myers allegedly said he drove the Honda to Kentucky and that’s why he was gone for such a long time but when he was stopped by Officer McDonald, he was on his way to return it.

Myers was booked into the Greene County Jail at 3:24 p.m. last Friday. His bond was set at $4,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. As of late Monday, he had not yet posted bond.

Myers is facing a preliminary charge of auto theft, a Level 6 felony.