Boat owner rents plane, tracks down stolen craft

Story Updated: Aug 11, 2007 at 11:40 AM PDT

By KOMO Staff & News Services

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The owner of a stolen boat took to the air to find his $180,000 pleasure craft.

An hour and a half after Steve Boone rented an airplane and took off from Olympia Airport, he spotted the 34-foot boat, then followed it from above as it was towed along a highway until two people were stopped and arrested Thursday. More...