Heroin, Alcohol Blamed for Truck Theft Involving 2,000 Lab Mice

Men were to drop truck off at Bridgeton hotel, but couldn't find the location, police report indicates.

Police say the two men who stole a refrigerated truck containing 2,000 laboratory mice were intoxicated and had used heroin. Dustin Maas, 30, and Matthew Haney, 23, were charged Wednesday with stealing the truck from the Red Roof Inn parking lot in St. Charles. The truck was left running to keep the mice cool. The truck was owned by TransporTech. St. Charles Police said many of the mice had received radiation and forms of genetic injections for research. The mice were valued at $10,000; the truck was valued at $50,000. A police report said Maas and Haney admitted they had been drinking all day and had used heroin. Neither has a permanent address, and Haney had stayed at the hotel for weeks, police said. Haney's last known address was in …

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