(LaPorte County, IN) - Two people were arrested earlier this week after a lengthy police chase that ended in LaPorte County.

It started with a traffic stop at about 9:30 PM on Tuesday on US 30 northeast of Plymouth. Reports indicate the driver sped away as police approached the vehicle. The ensuing westbound chase crossed Starke County and went well into LaPorte County. Officers disabled the vehicle with stop sticks at SR 39. The two occupants then fled on foot but were eventually apprehended.

22-year-old Jeremiah Brown and 23-year-old Michael E. Cooper, Jr., both of Chicago, were taken to the Marshall County Jail.