POMEROY — Alleged receiving of stolen property and traffic accidents are all currently under investigation by the Pomeroy Police Department, according to Chief Mark E. Proffitt.

Kevin N. Slater, 28, Pomeroy was arrested by Sgt. Ronald Spaun and charged with receiving stolen property after a stolen motorcycle was found in the basement of Slater’s Pleasant Ridge home. Spaun reported the 2003 Suzuki appeared partially “dismantled, wrecked and hot wired.” The motorcycle was returned to owner John L. Young, Middleport. According to Spaun, Slater stated he’d found the motorcycle in a ditch. The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office is also investigating this case.

Traffic accidents currently under investigation:

A 1992 Mercury Topaz parked in the Maples’ parking lot on Memorial Drive and owned by Leah L. Heady, Nelsonville, was sideswiped by a 1992 Ford F-150 driven by Ricky D. Watson, Pomeroy. There were no injuries.

Mary A. Warren, Longbottom, was backing a 2003 Dodge pickup into a parking space in the Holzer Meigs Clinic parking lot when the trailer hitch on her vehicle made contact with a parked 2003 Ford Taurus owned by Patricia L. Smith, Clifton, W.Va. There were no injuries.

A 1999 Ford EXP driven by Tammy Andrus, Albany, was slowing/stopping in traffic on East Main Street in front of the Wendy’s entrance when a 1998 Volkswagon Beetle driven by Shelby Ohlinger, Pomeroy, rear-ended the vehicle driven by Andrus. Ohlinger’s vehicle received damage to the entire front of the vehicle and was towed from the scene. Andrus vehicle received damage to the rear bumper, rear passenger side fender and exhaust. There were no injuries. Ohlinger was cited for assured clear distance. Pomeroy was assisted on the scene by the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office and Rutland Police Department, which happened to be in the area at the time of the crash.

A 1996 Dodge driven by Aaron L. Cundiff, Hartford, W.Va. was traveling west on West Main Street while a 2002 Suzuki driven by TJ Quillen, Pomeroy, was traveling on Ebenezar Street, preparing to turn left onto West Main when the two vehicles made contact. Cundiff struck Quillen’s vehicle, spinning Quillen’s Suzuki into a utility pole. Then after striking the utility pole the two vehicles made contact again. Cundiff’s Dodge received damage to the front bumper on the driver’s side, the rear bumper and rear fender on the driver’s side. Quillen’s Suzuki received damage to the rear driver’s side, rear passenger side and front bumper on the driver’s side, both rear tires also received damage.

Quillen was cited for failure to yield. The officer also noted the intersection at Ebenezer and West Main Street is a dangerous one and makes it difficult for drivers coming off of Ebenezer to see traffic on West Main. The utility pole received minor damage. There were no injuries.