Multiple charges have been filed against a Kansas City man involved in a high speed police chase Wednesday night that crossed Buchanan and Atchison, Mo. county lines.

32-year-old Donald Buckner has been charged in Jackson County, Mo. with two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and resisting a lawful stop.

As we previously reported, the Kansas City Police Department said the chase started Wednesday night after a person reported an armed robbery outside of the Quick-trip parking lot located at 6641 E Truman Road. Officers said the chase went through Platte and Buchanan counties and ended in Atchison county. Authorities used spike strips and the suspect’s vehicle eventually caught fire.

Kansas City Police Department Office Darin Snapp said officers observed the defendant behind the wheel of a white vehicle that pulled out of the parking lot and refused to stop.
“They pursued, often at high rates of speed,” Snapp said in a news release. “Buckner wove hazardously throughout traffic until Platte County deputies took control of the pursuit in the northland.”

KCPD was later joined by law enforcement officers from Atchison County, Holt County and Missouri State Highway Patrol until Buckner was taken into custody just south of Rock Port in Atchison County. Buckner told police he refused to stop because of a warrant for his arrest from Boone County.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H, Sgt. Jason Angle said they tried to assist in the pursuit and laid out four spike strips which the suspect managed to avoid.

The chase came to a close in Atchison county after the suspect’s vehicle caught on fire.

Buckner is being held on $100,000 bond and will be transported back to Jackson county to face charges.