STERLING-Law enforcement officials in Rice County have made an arrest following a high-speed chase and manhunt.

Watch officers capture the suspect on Sunday afternoon 

The Rice County Sheriff reported in a media release Sterling Police requested assistance from deputies for a disturbance call at 10th and Jefferson just after midnight on Saturday.

Sterling Police attempted an arrest on Levi James Halford, 28, for related charges and driving while suspended.

Halford fled on foot and a search of the area was unsuccessful.

Just before 2 a.m., law enforcement officials received report of a silver Chevy Silverado being stolen in the area. Officers located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop that turned into a high-speed chase south into Reno County at speeds of 80 miles per hour according to authorities.

The almost ten mile pursuit ended just south of 4th Avenue on Langdon Road when the driver identified as Halford crashed into the east ditch and fled on foot.

Officers set up a perimeter and the Kansas Highway Patrol used a tracking dog but were unsuccessful in locating the suspect in the heavily flooded and wooded area. The search was suspended just before 7 a.m.

Just after 12:18 p.m. on Sunday officers with the Rice County Sheriff’s office and Sterling police acted on a tip that Halford was in the area of Broadway and Main in Sterling. They located him and after a brief foot-chase arrested him.

Halford is being held in the Rice County Detention Center on multiple charges and a no bond warrant in Barton County.