Local man found in stolen vehicle, arrested

Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies arrested a Columbus man after being sent to a call about a possible stolen vehicle in the 300 block of North Jackson Street.

Deputy Adam Warner went to the incident at 10:39 a.m. Sunday, saw a vehicle on the side of the road and made contact with the driver, Nicholas L. Porter, 32, of 9074 N. Miami Ridge Road, deputies said. Warner found that Porter was wanted on a Bartholomew County warrant.

In addition to the warrant, Porter was arrested on a preliminary charge of auto theft/receiving stolen property and the vehicle was returned to its owner, deputies said.

Porter was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $57,500 bond, jail officials said.