Man arrested after leading police on chase through Hilltop neighborhood

A 30-year-old man led police on a chase through Wichita’s Hilltop neighborhood Tuesday, losing both his passenger and the vehicle he stole before he was captured with the help of a K-9 officer and dog.

Wichita police Officer Charley Davidson said two officers patrolling in the 1100 block of South Terrace, near Lincoln and Oliver, saw a car they knew had been reported as stolen and tried to stop it at about 3:30 p.m. But its driver — the 30-year-old man — sloughed off the attempts and kept going.

A woman riding with him jumped out of the stolen car in the 1400 block of South Bluffview, sustaining minor injuries, Davidson said. Eventually, the man crashed the car into a fence in the 4100 block of South Wilma and ran away.

Officers, with the aid of the K-9 unit, found him in a house nearby.

Davidson said officers arrested and jailed the man on suspicion of larceny, evading or eluding police and other traffic crimes. The woman was not arrested, he said.

This story was originally published November 30, 2016 at 3:59 PM with the headline "Man arrested after leading police on chase through Hilltop neighborhood."