El Centro police arrested a man and recovered a stolen pickup truck.

Officers were alerted by an automated License Plate Reader (LPR) that a 2005 Ford F250 that had been reported stolen was southbound on 8th Street at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The truck was tracked at several locations in El Centro before officers stopped it in the 1100 block of S. 7th Street about 10 minutes later. The driver, a 36-year-old man, was detained and then booked at Imperial County Jail on numerous charges including Possession of Stolen Property and Burglary. The truck was returned to the registered owner.