(KAIR)--An Atchison man is facing numerous charges, ranging from fleeing and attempting to elude to drug possession, following his weekend arrest.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 66-year-old Ivan Cushinberry, Jr. was taken into custody Sunday morning on charges for fleeing and attempting to elude, transporting an open container, possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and interference with law enforcement.

The arrest, Wilson says, came after an officer on patrol, around 8:30 Sunday morning in the 700 block of South 4th Street, stopped the vehicle Cushinberry was driving.

During the resulting investigation, the officer was attempting to get Cushinberry out of the vehicle when Cushinberry, instead, allegedly started the vehicle and sped off, with a pursuit launched following his alleged escape.

That pursuit, Wilson says, ended in the 500 block of S Street where Cushinberry stopped the vehicle and was taken into custody.

According to Wilson, cocaine and drug paraphernalia were allegedly located inside Cushinberry's vehicle.

Following his arrest, Cushinberry was booked into the Atchison County Jail.