Security personnel said they witnessed a black male inside a trailer parked on the lot just after 4:30 a.m., police said.
The guard then overhead a conversation the thief had on a cell phone, where he was telling someone that there wasn’t any tires in the truck, that "they got the wrong one," police said.
The suspect fled the area and security called the police. Nothing was taken from the lot during the incident.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 243-5252.
Last week, the company announced it would be closing its Carlisle facility by the end of 2010. (Tire Review/Akron)