Police arrest two, discover large amount of stolen property

Two Columbus residents are in custody on felony charges after officers served a search warrant at their home, which led to the recovery of a large amount of stolen property, including guns, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and chainsaws.

Columbus Police Officers responded to the home at 1275 Jonesville Road on Tuesday evening after receiving a complaint of stolen property at the property. The arriving officers observed a stolen motorcycle and a large amount of additional suspected stolen property at the residence.

The officers secured a search warrant for the two acre property. Lt. Matt Harris, CPD spokesman, says that over a dozen officers and detectives from the Columbus Police Department and Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department spent two days checking the serial numbers on hundreds of different items. During the investigation, the officers were able to track the stolen property back to thefts reported in Indiana and Kentucky.

The investigators also determined that several of the vehicles in question had false identification numbers. The officers recovered a number of guns, one of which was reported stolen and second that had the serial number scraped off. The officers also located part of a methamphetamine lab on the property as well as drug paraphernalia, marijuana and methamphetamine.

Arrested were:

Shawn K. Miller, 40, of Columbus;
Theft, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Syringe, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of a Vehicle with an Altered VIN, Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number

Amie S. Chapman, 31, of Columbus;
Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

CPD says that both Miller and Chapman remain in custody on a 72 hour hold.