At least one in custody after stolen van, motorcycle found in southwest Topeka park

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - At least one person was in custody Thursday morning after a van and a motorcycle that had been reported stolen were recovered in a southwest Topeka park, authorities said.

Police around 7:45 a.m. Thursday were at Clarion Woods Park, just southwest of S.W. 37th and Fairlawn, where the vehicles were located.

Police told 13 NEWS at the scene that a van and motorcycle had been found in an area of trees in the southwest area of the park.

A K-9 unit had been called to run a trail in connection with the incident.

Police said both vehicles that had been reported stolen -- a white Ford F-350 window van and a red Honda motorcycle -- were able to be driven from the scene by their owners.

Officers from both the Topeka Police Department and Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office responded to Clarion Woods Park.

Police said another stolen-vehicle case was being investigated Thursday morning in the same vicinity of southwest Topeka.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

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