Columbus police recovered a vehicle stolen from Jennings County and arrested the driver Monday evening.

An officer conducted a routine license plate check of a vehicle on Pearl and 12th streets at about 7:30 p.m. last night, and discovered it was reported stolen out of Jennings County, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department. Officers  arrested the driver, 21-year-old Evert L. Jimenez of Franklin on preliminary charges of auto theft and operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license.