UPDATE: The Forest Grove-owned pickup was found early Saturday morning near Southwest Second Avenue and Alder Street in downtown Portland, officials said. The keys were missing but there was no other reported damage.

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Police are searching for two teens in a Forest Grove-owned pickup after one of them stole the truck after getting upset with a parks employee early Friday, authorities say.

Manuel Bernabe-Hernandez spoke to the worker in Talisman Park near Willamina Avenue just before 7 a.m. about getting a job with the city and "became belligerent" with the employee soon after, said Capt. Mike Herb, a Forest Grove police spokesman. The employee later reported that it appeared Bernabe-Hernandez, 19, was drunk, Herb said.

At some point, Bernabe-Hernandez ran toward the employee's parked 2016 Ford F-250 pickup and got inside, Herb said. The engine was off, but the keys were inside. The white pickup sped away before the worker could stop it, Herb said.

Officers later spotted the truck near Oregon 47 and Northwest Verboort Road and chased it. By then they saw Bernabe-Hernandez had picked up a passenger, later identified as 19-year-old Jonathan Varona-Nieto, Herb said.

Officers stopped following the truck because it was traveling too erratically, Herb said.

The white truck is described as having Oregon license plate number E266544, an extra cab and "City of Forest Grove" decals on the doors. Police ask anyone who seeks the truck, Bernabe-Hernandez or Varona-Nieto to call 911.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

ebailey@oregonian.com

503-221-8343; @EvertonBailey