Car stolen in Guthrie recovered in Hopkinsville, two arrested

Two Clarksville residents who were allegedly in a car reported stolen from a dealership in Guthrie were arrested Thursday in Hopkinsville on multiple charges.

Hopkinsville police stopped 24-year old Maryiah Walthour of Clarksville on Fort Campbell Boulevard after a check of her tags revealed the plate had been stolen and an arrest citation says a check of the VIN number determined it was stolen from a car lot in Guthrie.

Walthour and her passenger, 29-year old Stevan Montgomery of Clarksville, were detained and police say marijuana and a digital scale was located near where Montgomery had been sitting.

Police say Montgomery maneuvered his handcuffs from his back to the front of his body in the cruiser and that the suspects had a child in the back seat of the car who was not riding in a child restraint seat.

Both Suspects were arrested for felony receiving stolen property and theft of a registration plate, with Montgomery also charged with trafficking in marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia second-degree wanton endangerment and third-degree escape.