Bowling Green man arrested after police discover stolen vehicle

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Warren County man is facing multiple charges after police say they located a stolen vehicle.

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says it responded Wednesday for a hit-and-run incident at the 1700 block of Prices Chapel Road in Bowling Green.

When authorities arrived, they say they located a stolen vehicle wrecked next to the Green River Gun Club.

Upon searching the area, police say they found several guns and a jewelry box containing jewelry inside.

Warren County authorities say they then made contact with a man on a four wheeler. According to police, they identified the man as Adi Trstenjak, 21, of Bowling Green from a photo taken during the theft of the stolen vehicle.

Trstenjak tried to run from police but was apprehended after a brief pursuit, authorities say.

Trstenjak was arrested and faces charges of receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking or disposition of all others, second-degree fleeing or evading police (on foot), resisting arrest, giving an officer false identifying information, third-degree criminal trespassing, first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

He remains in the Warren County Detention Center.