(Kingsford Heights, IN) - Charges have been filed against a suspected car thief in Starke County captured in Kingsford Heights. 

Police said a 2008 Ford Ranger was taken from an auto parts store about 9 a.m. Thursday in Knox.  A short time later the vehicle was spotted near Hamlet, triggering a chase ending in a wooded area in Kingsford Heights.  The suspect then fled on foot.

Police said it took over three hours to locate 26 year old Beck Serles, on Fernway Road in Kingsford Heights.  He was charged with auto theft and resisting law enforcement after arrested by officers from Knox and Kingsford Heights.