ELLIS COUNTY —A Chevy Impala reported stolen at 12:19 p.m. Monday from the 400 block of East 16th was recovered hours after reported to police after a brief chase in Hays.

Around 2 p.m., the Hays Police Department received a report of a vehicle and suspect matching the description from the alleged theft near the Fort Hays State University campus.

Police made contact with the suspect and, after a brief chase, he struck a curb near the intersection of 21st and Elm and was apprehended without incident.

The suspect was later identified by HPD as Christopher Lee Jamison, 31, Hays.

Jamison was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, driving under the influence, and felony fleeing and eluding.

HPD said additional charges may be pending and all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.