State police from Reading recovered a stolen Harley-Davidson motorcycle over the weekend and arrested a Berks County man they said was riding it on Pricetown Road in Alsace Township.
According to court records:
While on patrol about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Trooper Nathaniel Penko saw the motorcycle traveling west on Pricetown Road near Woodside Avenue. A law enforcement database showed the vehicle was reported as stolen.
The rider was wearing a bandanna that covered his face.
Penko followed the motorcycle, which pulled into a convenience store. The rider, later identified as Jeremy M. Brooks, 42, of the 500 block of State Street, Mertztown, walked into the store.
The trooper made contact with Brooks inside the store and asked if he had been driving a motorcycle. Penko said he “may have been.” He said he bought it on Facebook Marketplace, an internet classified site, for $5,000.
He said he had neither the title nor bill of sale for the motorcycle.
Brooks was taken into custody. While searching him, a plastic bag containing crystal meth was found in his backpack. Penko also found a drug-smoking pipe in Brooks’ pants pocket.
He was charged with receiving stolen property, possessing a controlled substance, possessing drug paraphernalia and driving under a suspended license.
Brooks was free to await hearing following arraignment before District Judge Priscilla Campos in Reading Central Court.