POMEROY, Ohio — A routine traffic stop by Pomeroy, Ohio Patrolman Jon Kulchar on Tuesday evening ended in a high-speed chase that extended into West Virginia with a male subject fleeing on foot, according to Pomeroy, Ohio Chief of Police Mark E. Proffitt.

Proffitt said Kulchar attempted to pull over a vehicle near the intersection of Liberty Lane and West Main Street when the vehicle fled into West Virginia. Kulchar pursued the vehicle onto W.Va. 62 and then on to Lieving Road in West Columbia. Proffitt said due to the high rate of speed on Lieving Road, Kulchar called off the pursuit and asked the Mason County Sheriff’s Department for assistance which later intercepted the subject who also had allegedly begun running cars off the road.

Proffitt said officers with the Mason County Sheriff’s Department pursued the subject towards Jackson County until the subject’s tires were literally run off of their rims before the vehicle stopped. Once the vehicle stopped the male subject fled into the woods and alluded capture while a female passenger was detained, according to Proffitt.

Proffitt added that drugs along with allegedly stolen guns and merchandise were taken from the vehicle, with the guns and merchandise possibly connected to a burglary case in Meigs County, Ohio, which the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office is investigating. Proffitt also said the vehicle the male and female subject were driving in had stolen Ohio tags.

The Mason County Sheriff’s Department was contacted for more information on the case. The investigating officer was not available for comment as of press time.