(CENTREVILLE) – A pursuit of a person on a dirt bike ended with the arrest of the operator.

St. Joseph County Sheriff Chad Spence says that at 5 PM on Tuesday his deputies observed a man on a dirt bike riding west on East Main Street in Centreville. Deputies attempted to make a traffic stop on the individual for several moving violations, but the driver, a 33 year old Centreville man, fled from deputies.

A pursuit started and the dirt bike went through the southern portion of Centreville, ending in the area of Jane and West Burr Oak Streets. At that time, the driver ran away, heading west.

Deputies caught the suspect a short distance from where he got off the dirt bike. He was later founds to be in possession of a pistol, several rounds of ammunition and methamphetamine.

The man is being held in the St. Joseph County Jail on several felony charges.