SALINA – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a teenager for alleged theft and drug possession.

Police say Jennifer K. Sharp, 18, Salina, was arrested just after 3a.m. on Wednesday after officers noticed the license plate on the 2006 pickup she was driving in the 1200 block of North 9th Street had been reported stolen.

When the officer turned around to make the traffic stop, Sharp turned off of North 9th Street onto the 400 block of West Euclid, got out of the pickup, and hid, according to police.

She was quickly found and arrested on requested charges of possession of stolen property and possession of methamphetamines

The pickup had been reported stolen from the parking lot of Wilson Hall on the Kansas Wesleyan Campus Tuesday evening, according to police.