(La Porte County, IN) - Charges are filed in connection with a motor vehicle crash near Michigan City and tracking of the driver, who fled on foot. Noah Scheetz, 21, of South Bend was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle when the collision happened on Interstate 94 in late January.

 

According to Indiana State Police, footprints in the snow and a K-9 dog led searchers into a wood line near a horse barn.  The footprints kept being followed for about two hours until reaching U.S. 421.

 

Soon, officers responding to a 911 call about a subject matching the description of the fleeing driver found Scheetz inside a bathroom at the nearby Speedway station. His shoes were wet and dirty from walking through snow and water.

 

Scheetz was also found to have warrants out for his arrest in Saint Joseph County on charges of burglary and resisting law enforcement.  Police said he was also taken into custody on charges of auto theft and identity deception for not correctly identifying himself when first approached by officers.

 

According to authorities, the vehicle was reported stolen out of East Chicago earlier that same day.  There were no injuries in the traffic accident.