Jamestown (CSi) A watery pursuit Sunday evening, in Jamestown led to the arrest of a Jamestown man.

The chase involving 23 year old Richard Lawson, Jr. started in Southwest Jamestown.JamestownPolice_2

Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger says the incident started at 11:08 p.m. Sunday when a law enforcement officer with the regional drug task force saw a vehicle being driven recklessly on 25th Street Southwest at U.S. Highway 281 South.

A pursuit started when the officer saw the vehicle driving erratically, and the officer thought the driver might be impaired.

Lawson purportedly took off in his vehicle and the pursuit was joined by other law enforcement.

He drove north on 281, turned west on 17th Street Southwest, then turned north on 14th Avenue Southwest.

Lawson then drove the vehicle toward Victory Lutheran Church, and the pursuit continued into the fields north of the church. Lawson then proceeded along a dirt road down a hill toward Pipestem Creek north of the church to a camp spot, where he turned around and drove through a homeowner’s yard onto 7th Avenue Southwest.

Edinger said Lawson left the vehicle alongside 7th Avenue Southwest and crossed Pipestem Creek into Klaus Park, where he was apprehended by Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office deputies.

Edinger says Lawson had not been drinking and was not under the influence of drugs. He adds that Lawson only had a temporary driver’s license. Authorities are not sure why Lawson attempted to elude police.

No one was injured during the pursuit. Some damage was noted to private property.

Lawson appeared, Monday, in Southeast District Court on a charge of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, a Class B misdemeanor.

He also appeared in Jamestown Municipal Court on a charge of reckless driving, another Class B misdemeanor. He posted bond Monday afternoon after spending Sunday night in the Stutsman County Correctional Center.