Early on Saturday morning, troopers would take part in a foot chase and arrest a Kenai man on charges of DUI and Disorderly Conduct, the trooper dispatch reported.

While patrolling on Alpine Road in Kenai at approximately 1:19 am on Saturday, troopers spotted a suspicious vehicle on the road. As troopers observed, the vehicle would, while driving backwards away from the patrol vehicle, crash into the ditch.

After crashing, the driver exited, and fled into the wood-line. Troopers gave chase, and after a brief foot pursuit, the suspect was apprehended. Troopers would identify the man as 33-year-old Kenai resident, Jeremiah Stangel.

Troopers say that their investigation found Stangel to be driving under the influence of alcohol, and so was arrested on that charge, as well as Disorderly Conduct.

Stangel was jailed at the Wildwood Pretrial Facility with no bail.[xyz-ihs snippet=”Adsense-responsive”]

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