ELYRIA — An officer who stopped to help a two motorists early this morning wound up arresting one of them when a check of the vehicle came back stolen, according to an Elyria police report.

Tyrone White, 18, of Lorain, was turned over to Lorain police on a grand theft auto warrant.

According to the report, an officer stopped to help two men who were standing near a disabled vehicle at state Route 57 and Gulf Road about 3:20 a.m.

The men told the officer the vehicle had overheated and they were waiting for it to cool down, the report said.

In the meantime, a dispatcher ran the car’s plate and discovered it was stolen and that White was wanted by Lorain police.

When asked who the vehicle belonged to, White first told police “some dude,” then said his aunt owned the car but that he did not know her name.

White was booked at the Elyria police station and then turned over to Lorain police. The second man in the car was taken to the police station to arrange to be picked up because he had no charges against him, the report said.

An officer inventorying the vehicle to be towed located a bag of crack, which was entered into evidence.