2 men arrested; police dog helps with search

<p>Police arrested two men after several items were stolen from a convenience store.</p>
<p>A police dog found one of the men hiding inside a recreational vehicle after a traffic stop in Franklin early Friday morning, according to the police report.</p>
<p>Dustin M. Martin, 27, 102 Southwest St., Alexandria, was arrested on a charge of resisting law enforcement and on a warrant from another county. Anthony Richards, 23, 102 S. West St., Alexandria, was arrested on a charge of theft.</p>
<p>Just after 4 a.m., another driver had followed the recreational vehicle from a truck stop in Whiteland, where he suspected one of the men had stolen items, to a fast food restaurant in Franklin on King Street, just off Interstate 65. Police ordered Richards out of the recreational vehicle, and then sent a police dog into the vehicle to find anyone else. Martin was found hiding under a bench inside the vehicle. He was treated and released from Johnson Memorial Hospital for bites, the report said.</p>
<p>Both men were arrested and taken to the Johnson County jail, where Martin was held without bond and Richards was held on $1,000 bond.</p>