A 50-year-old Carrollton man is facing a felony for allegedly attempting to allude law enforcement on Friday, April 30.

According to a report from the Carrollton Police Department at approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 30, an officer observed a vehicle that matched the description of the vehicle that had eluded Officers earlier in the week. When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop of the vehicle, the driver accelerated and refused to stop. The officer reports that the driver was traveling at a high rate of speed while she was pursuing him through the Town of Carrollton, failed to stop at stop signs and struck an AT&T phone box causing property damage.

The pursuit continued as the driver headed north onto County Road 272 for about three blocks before, Steven Bittiker II jumped out of the moving vehicle and then jumped a fence and headed into a wooded area along the creek bed, where the officer lost sight of him.

With the assistance of Chillicothe Police Department K9 unit Sergeant Grider and K9 Enoch, Bittiker was found hiding in underbrush in the creek.

Bittiker is charged with a felony for resisting arrest, detention or stop by fleeing-creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death to any person. The Court has ordered no bond.

Bittiker pleaded not guilty to the charge during his initial court appearance on May 3. A bond review hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 5 at Carroll County Circuit Court.