A chase that began on Octavia Drive in Nash County ended in the Pleasant Hill area of Northampton County when a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper initiated an immobilization maneuver Saturday night.

The Nash County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that deputies arrived and attempted to identify the driver of the suspicious vehicle.

The driver, later identified as Kenneth Wilson Crider of Poolesville, Maryland, fled in the vehicle and struck a sheriff’s office vehicle.

The chase continued north on Interstate 95 and entered Halifax County at speeds over 120.

Nash County authorities learned that Crider was wanted out of Pennsylvania for theft of a vehicle and a dog.

In Halifax County troopers from the Roanoke Rapids headquarters began pursuing Crider, Sergeant L. Bynum said.

Trooper D.J. Brake assumed primary position with Trooper J.B. Aiken assuming the secondary position. 

Bynum attempted to deploy Stop Sticks north of the 171 mile marker but Crider evaded them.

Brake and Aiken then attempted a rolling roadblock in which one trooper got in front of the suspect vehicle and the other behind.

Crider rammed Brake’s vehicle, causing damage to the left side but leaving Brake uninjured.

Bynum said Brake then performed what is called a precision immobilization technique near the 180 at Pleasant Hill which brought the chase to an end.

Crider was initially taken to ECU North for treatment of minor injuries.

On Wednesday Crider will appear in Northampton County District Court on Brake’s charges of felony fleeing to elude, felony assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, failure to heed lights or siren, and no operator’s license. On November 19 Crider will make another appearance in Northampton County for Brake’s charges of fictitious tags, speeding, reckless driving with wanton disregard, unsafe movement, failure to maintain lane control, improper passing on the right, and failure to wear a seat belt.

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In Nash County Crider, who is in jail there without the opportunity for bond, is charged with the counts contained in the gallery. He had his first appearance in Nash County District Court today.

No motorists were injured, Bynum said.” It was a great team effort from the Nash County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.”