Spotting the suspect carrying the stolen digital weather monitor fromthe scene of the crime, witnesses helped authorities find the man.Located just after 5 p.m., the man, during questioning, admitted takingthe device from a construction site and hiding it in a denselyovergrown irrigation ditch along Calle Ceasar Chavez.After recovering the stolen property from the foilage, officers arrested the 31-year-old man for grand theft.