Arrest in shoe theft

On December 5, 2023, Officers of the Arkansas City Police Department took a report from Shoe Sensation, 2139 N. Summit St., of an unknown male taking a pair of men’s shoes without paying for them. Officers obtained surveillance video of the suspect inside the store, and on December 26, the video was shared with other ACPD officers, who identified the suspect as Dylan David, 23, Arkansas City. Footage was also viewed from an officer’s body-worn camera of David when he was arrested on another case on December 17, 2023. Upon officers viewing the video, it showed David wearing the same shoes reported as stolen from Shoe Sensation. Officers then contacted the Cowley County Jail to get pictures of the shoes David was wearing when booked into the jail. Officers identified David’s shoes when booked into the jail as the shoes from Shoe Sensations. An ACPD officer then went to the Cowley County Jail and interviewed David, who admitted to stealing the shoes from Shoes Sensation and that they were the shoes he wore when he was arrested on December 17. The additional charge of theft was added to David’s booking charges. He is currently being held in the Cowley County Jail.