HUTCHINSON- Law enforcement authorities in Hutchinson made an arrest of a stolen vehicle suspect on Thursday morning.

Police reported officers responded to the area near Hutchinson Regional Medial Center just before 7 a.m. on Thursday for report of a suspect who forcibly removed a driver from a vehicle.

After a search, officers in South Hutchinson located the vehicle being driven through their city.

A pursuit ensued and ended with the capture of and arrest of Ricky Ray Smith Jr., 39, Hutchinson.

He is being held on multiple felony charges that will include the robbery of the vehicle and felony flee and elude.

Authorities say Smith also has other felony convictions and served time in prison for forgery, felony flee and elude, driving while suspended, reckless driving in additional to three convictions for theft and burglary. Those convictions in 1996, 2003 and 2010.