A suspect was arrested and a stolen car was recovered after a chase near the Blackfoot area on Interstate 15 Wednesday afternoon.

Idaho State Police were involved in the chase around 3 p.m. while trying to recover a stolen 2005 Saturn Relay van.

The suspect driving the van, 42-year-old Michael A. Oglesbee, was driving the car southbound when Bingham County Sheriff's Office deputies saw the car and started following it.

At milepost 95 the suspect used the median and made a u-turn to start driving northbound. Police followed Oglesbee until around mile-marker 104, when Oglesbee drove into the median and stopped the van.

Oglesbee was arrested and taken to Bingham County Jail.

 

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