(Hookstown, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they have filed charges if fleeing and eluding against 18-year-old Kalen Weltner after an incident that occurred at 7:49 PM on Tuesday evening, November 8, 2022.

State Police reported that a Trooper observed a Black Ford Mustang  pass his vehicle in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed. The Trooper turned his cruiser around and upon catching up to the vehicle he observed that the license plate was illegible except for the first three letters of JMF. The Trooper activated his emergency lights and siren in an attempt to stop the vehicle at Main St./ Mill St. in Hookstown Borough in Beaver County.

The Trooper reported that the Mustang attempted to flee and a pursuit ensued westbound on Little Blue Road and onto Cross Road. The Trooper then lost sight of the vehicle and cancelled his pursuit. The Trooper then canvassed the area and spotted the vehicle northbound on North Washington Street and he re-engaged the pursuit upon confirming the vehicle with the license plate. The vehicle then turned southbound onto Main St. and Eastbound onto State Route 168. The pursuit then went down Shaffer Road where the operator turned the lights off the vehicle in an attempt to avoid being captured. The vehicle then turned onto Potts Road where the pursuit ended and Weltner was taken into custody. Troopers said a known juvenile was also found to be in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.