A 26-year-old man was arrested by Denton police after being pulled over. He was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle at the time of the stop. The arrest was made on a warrant, which was unrelated to the stolen vehicle. The warrant was for a hit-and-run crash. Further details about the arrest and the incidents surrounding it are available from the Denton Record-Chronicle.
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