Arrests made in motorcycle theft

Staff Reports 

MADISON — At around 1:00 a.m. on April 9, officers from the Madison Police Department were called to apartments at 117 Royal Dr. for suspicious activity. A witness pointed out a white Ford Explorer pulling a U-Haul trailer whose occupants were seen rolling a motorcycle through the parking lot.

William Rogers. (CONTRIBUTED)

Officers stopped the vehicle and determined there was a stolen motorcycle in the U-Haul trailer. The motorcycle was returned to the local resident and the two subjects were arrested.

The trailer was later determined to be stolen and a separate investigation is underway by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.

Jeffrey Chism. (CONTRIBUTED)

William Rogers,25, and Jeffrey Chism,24, both of Birmingham, were charged with Theft of Property First Degree and placed in the Madison County Jail on $5,300 bond.

Rogers was also charged with carrying a pistol without a permit.