CHUBBUCK — A 27-year-old wanted fugitive was arrested Sunday after police say he possessed fentanyl, meth, cocaine and a stolen firearm during a high speed pursuit that ended in a PIT maneuver.

John Charles Geyer, of Idaho Falls, has been charged with three felony counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver — one each for possessing meth, fentanyl and cocaine.

He also faces charges of eluding, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand theft by possession and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, all felonies, stemming from the Sunday police chase that began to unfold around 9 a.m. Sunday, according to police and court records the Idaho State Journal recently obtained.

Pocatello and Chubbuck police officers were in the area of Angela and Brookstone streets in Chubbuck when they observed a gray Honda Accord that John Geyer, who had several outstanding felony arrest warrants, was known to drive, police said. The Accord also has illegal window tint, according to the police report.

Officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle on Cobblestone Avenue in Chubbuck and the driver of the car, later identified as Geyer, fled at a high rate of speed, police said.

Near the corner of Brookstone Street and East Chubbuck Road officers deployed spike strips in an attempt to stop the pursuit and Geyer drove up onto the sidewalk, nearly striking a Pocatello police officer, and avoided the strips, according to the report.

The pursuit continued on West Chubbuck Road to North Rio Vista Road where speeds reached as high as 81 mph in a 35 mph zone, police said.

Geyer again avoided spike strips on North Rio Vista Road and continued onto West Siphon Road where an officer successfully executed a PIT maneuver that forced Geyer into an empty farm field, said police, adding that Geyer attempted to flee again but was boxed in by two police vehicles.

Geyer was subsequently taken into custody without further incident and transported to Portneuf Medical Center before being cleared and incarcerated at the Bannock County Jail in Pocatello.

Police conducted a search of Geyer’s person before he was arrested and located meth, fentanyl and cocaine on his person as well as a pistol magazine, according to the report.

Officers then searched the vehicle and located a Walther P22 pistol that had been reported stolen, a backpack that contained several loose fentanyl pills and cash, police said.

Inside the trunk, officers located a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle, a bank bag with cash inside of it and numerous items of drug paraphernalia that were consistent with the sale of illegal narcotics, according to the report. In total, just less than $4,000 cash was found inside the car, police said.

Geyer was scheduled to appear in front of 6th District Magistrate Judge David Hooste for an arraignment hearing Monday though that hearing has been reset until Nov. 16. Geyer’s bond has been set at $100,000.

After Geyer is arraigned on the charges he will appear in court again for a preliminary hearing that will involve prosecutors attempting to prove there is enough evidence against him to elevate the case from the magistrate to district court level for trial. A preliminary hearing date in his case has not yet been set.

The three felony drug possession with the intent to deliver charges Geyer faces each carry a maximum penalty of up to life in prison and a fine of up to $75,000 if he is convicted.

The other five felony charges collectively carry a maximum penalty of up to 39 years in prison and a fine up to $75,000.