One person in custody after crash of stolen motorcycle in North Topeka

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was in custody early Thursday afternoon after a stolen motorcycle crashed in North Topeka, authorities said.

The incident began around 11 a.m. at N.W. 46th and Topeka Boulevard, where a stolen Yamaha motorcycle fled from Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies.

The motorcycle was found crashed-out a short time later near the entrance of the Rochester Cemetery, 1200 N.W. Menninger Road.

Shawnee County sheriff’s officials told 13 NEWS at the scene that a person suspected in the incident had been taken into custody as of early Thursday afternoon.

Several other Shawnee County sheriff’s units were located a couple of blocks east of the cemetery in the 1000 block of N.W. Menninger Road.

There were no immediate reports of injuries.

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