PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Port Arthur Police arrested a 21-year-old Illinois man Tuesday after they say he led them on high speed motorcycle chase.
Jacob Logan Stamps, 21, of Illinois, was arrested, following the 20-minute chase, by Port Arthur officers on a charge of “evading detention with a motor vehicle” according to a Port Arthur Police Department spokesperson.
Police began receiving calls about a southbound motorcyclist weaving in and out of traffic on the Rainbow Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
When a Port Arthur officer spotted the motorcycle and tried to pull Stamps over he sped away according to the spokesperson.
The chase went into Port Arthur and then Stamps headed over the Veterans Memorial Bridge back into Bridge City.
He turned around and headed back into Port Arthur again over the Rainbow Bridge and later headed over the Veterans Memorial Bridge a second time as he headed back into Bridge City where he was eventually stopped near the La Qunita Inn police said.
The 20-minute chase ended up crossing the two bridges three times.
Stamps is being held as of 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on a $15,000 bond.
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