A Miami man is facing charges in two states after leading seven agencies on a multi-day stolen vehicle search for the most valuable red dump truck a Penn Township dealership owns.

Litho Rivas, 40, was charged May 31 in District Judge Jack Ripper’s office with one felony count each of theft and receiving stolen property and charged May 30 with felony receiving stolen property in Virginia’s Richmond County General District Court following the alleged May 27 incident. Police said he used several fake names throughout the process.

Penn Township police were the first on the case responding to Hunter Truck on Pittsburgh Road. Staff reported a 2026 Peterbilt Model 589 tri-axle red dump truck with an aluminum polish worth around $307,000 missing from the lot the morning of May 28.

“It was the most valuable truck they had,” said Steve Setnar, a Penn Township police officer who worked on the case.

Around 8:30 p.m., Rivas was dropped off across the street from the dealership in an Uber, Setnar said he saw on the dealership’s video cameras. Rivas reportedly exited the Uber and walked with his black and white dog along the truck line before entering the Peterbilt, police said.

About an hour later, the truck started and left the scene. The truck was seen driving down Route 8 before it turned onto Airport Road driving toward Renfrew Road. Setnar said Rivas stopped in the area to disarm the truck’s tracking devices, which went offline around 1:10 a.m.

The truck was next seen at 2:11 a.m. at a Sheetz in the area of Manor Township, Armstrong County. Rivas stayed at the Sheetz for almost 15 hours, according to the criminal complaint, until he left the next day around 5 a.m. Police said the vehicle was tracked traveling east into Virginia via traffic cameras.

Setnar said police were notified of the truck’s presence at the Sheetz around 4 p.m., after Rivas had left. The truck was entered into the National Crime Information Center, an FBI database used for rapidly sharing information between law enforcement agencies.

Surveillance footage at the Sheetz showed Rivas exiting the vehicle, but police could not immediately identify him.

The truck was spotted again May 29 in Essex County, Virginia. Police viewed surveillance footage of Rivas exiting the truck at a Quality Inn in Fauquier County, Virginia, where he reportedly called a tow company to remove the truck from where it was stuck in the mud. Warsaw police took him into custody May 30.

In addition to Penn Township and Manor Township police, other units contributing to the investigation included Middlesex Township police, Cranberry Township police and the Pennsylvania State Police Stolen Vehicle Task Force.

Uber also assisted by connecting police with the driver who dropped Rivas off at Hunter Truck on May 27.

The truck was returned to the dealership.

Rivas is being held in Virginia and has a hearing scheduled at 9 a.m. June 27 in Richmond County General District Court. He is represented by attorney William Viverette.

His preliminary hearing in Pennsylvania before District Judge Jack Ripper is pending. Setnar said Rivas may also be charged federally.