Stolen motorcycle recovered after arrest on east side

A Columbus man is accused of leading police on a chase early this morning, on a stolen motorcycle.

43-year-old Richard L. Gahwiller is facing preliminary charges of auto theft, theft and resisting law enforcement after this morning’s incident.

Columbus police report that an officer noticed a motorcycle without a license plate driving on Gladstone Avenue at about 12:35 a.m. this morning. But when officers tried to pull the cycle over, the driver, Gahwiller, allegedly sped away from officers.

After a chase through the east side of Columbus, the driver stopped on Clifty Street and was taken into custody. The vehicle identification number revealed that it had been reported stolen in Columbus in 2016.