On Saturday, Aug. 31, a trooper from the MSP Alpena Post stopped a motorcycle for speeding on M-32 near Gamage Road around 2:35 p.m.
The rider, a man from Tennessee, said he and his chihuahua, which was tucked inside his jacket, were riding to visit his girlfriend in Michigan.
The rider informed the trooper he had a concealed handgun in a backpack strapped to the gas tank of his motorcycle. The rider did not have a CPL.
A loaded .45 caliber pistol was seized and the man arrested and lodged at the Alpena County Jail. Troopers said the chihuahua was not taken into custody.