A St. Joseph man has been charged in Andrew County after police said they chased him through a creek.

Devon Hostler, 26 is charged with misdemeanors for resisting arrest, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, driving while revoked, and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.

According to court documents, on Thursday dispatch received a call of a woman being held against her will in a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m. Country Club Village Police Officer Kris Cornell said he was advised that Hostler was driving a blue dodge intrepid with a female inside the vehicle and that he had a warrant out for his arrest and would likely run from officers

“Dispatch said the caller stated the female was her daughter that she was too afraid to exit the vehicle,” Cornell said.

Cornell said he saw the vehicle turn from DD Highway and onto 59 Highway and then attempt to turn onto Elaine Drive next to his patrol vehicle.

“I was blocking the entrance as Elaine is a narrow roadway,” Cornell said. “I activated my patrol vehicle lights and began to exit my vehicle.”

He said that’s when the suspect illegally backed from Elaine Drive onto US 59 Highway and took off southbound on US 59 Highway.

“I radioed I had a vehicle refusing to stop and followed the vehicle with lights and siren now activated,” Cornell said. “The suspect vehicle turn right onto Glendale Avenue and I followed.  The suspect vehicle came to an abrupt stop on the (wrong) left side of the roadway.”

That’s when Cornell said the man ran from the vehicle across the yard.

“Believing that Chief Scott was at a residence nearby, I radioed that the suspect was headed toward him,” Cornell said. “Chief Scott radioed that he had the suspect behind a house.”

Cornell said Hostler was wet and muddy when he was arrested from being in the creek from where he ran between the houses.