Driver of stolen car arrested after traffic stop

June 28, 2019 John Clark

Kyra S. Anderson. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

A stolen car was recovered in Columbus Thursday after police saw the driver swerving.

Columbus police stopped the vehicle at about 10 p.m. last night at Jonathan Moore Pike and Jonesville Road and realized that it had a fictitious registration. A check of the vehicle identification number revealed that hit had been reported stolen out of Jackson County in 2017.

The driver, 28-year-old Kyra S. Anderson of Columbus, was arrested on a preliminary charge of auto theft/ receiving stolen property.