UPDATE: Teen Arrested for Kidnapping After Pursuit in Cheyenne

UPDATE:

An 18-year-old Rockport, Indiana man is behind bars after leading authorities on a high-speed pursuit through Cheyenne Thursday morning.

According to police spokeswoman Alex Farkas, it all started around 9 a.m. when officers were called to assist the Westminster, Colorado Police Department with a runaway juvenile case.

"It was believed that the juvenile was in Cheyenne with a teenager she met online, later identified as Ethan Cundiff, of Rockport, Indiana," Farkas said in a news release.

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Farkas says a responding officer located Cundiff and the juvenile in a red passenger car near the 5700 block of Education Drive, and as he approached the driver’s side of the car and asked Cundiff to exit, Cundiff sped away.

She says the officer then returned to his vehicle and followed, initiating a pursuit toward Interstate 25.

"Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers and Laramie County Sheriff’s Office deputies joined in the pursuit and continued following north for several miles," said Farkas.

"Cundiff drove recklessly at high speeds, at times swerving between lanes of traffic," she added. "A CPD officer pulled in front of the pursuit and successfully deployed spike strips which stopped the vehicle along the side of the interstate."

Farkas says Cundiff was given multiple commands to exit the car and complied.

She says he was booked into the Laramie County Detention Center on charges of kidnapping, reckless driving, reckless endangering, fleeing and eluding, interference of custody, and possession of marijuana.

He was also reportedly found to have an extraditable warrant out of Indiana.

Farkas says the juvenile is safe and has been reunited with her family.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A man is in custody following a Thursday morning pursuit involving Cheyenne Police.

According to a department Facebook post, the man was traveling with a juvenile runaway.

"The juvenile is safe," the post reads.

Police say further updates will be provided as additional information becomes available.