According to Girardville Police, on Friday, June 12th, 2020 at around 8:10pm, Girardville Police were on duty near Silver/Main streets in the borough.
The officer observed a black motorcycle traveling West at a high rate of speed and activated his emergency lights and attempted to stop the motorcycle.
While attempting to stop the vehicle the driver looked back at the officer several times and then started traveling at an extremely high rate of speed.
The man traveled out of Girardville on the wrong side of Main street against the flow of traffic to enter onto Route 54 in the direction of Ashland.
It was at this time that the man on the motorcycle was estimated at traveling in excess of 90 mph.
The man pulled away from police and the officer and traveled up Centre Street in Ashland and turned down a side street then made a left onto the 1700 block of Walnut Street where the suspect then dropped his bike and ran.
The Girardville Police officer pursued the suspect on foot but lost sight of him between some houses.
The suspect then ran into Ashland Officer who attempted to pursue him as well.
The Ashland Officer deployed his Taser in an attempt to stop the suspect but he continued to run and Ashland Officer lost sight of the suspect.
The suspect then broke through the door of a home at 1710 Spruce Street in Ashland..
The suspect then took a bicycle from 1606 Spruce Street and rode the bicycle to 23 S. 7th Street where he dropped the bike across the street from that address and ran into the house.
The suspect was witnessed entering this home by and off duty Sheriff and an off duty state trooper who called the communications center to inform police where the suspect was.
The officer then made forcible entry into the house and found the suspect, identified as Christopher Buck pretending to be asleep on the living room couch.
Buck was then found with at least two taser clips on him as a result of being tased earlier in the pursuit.
Buck was charged with recklessly endangering another person, reckless endangerment, Fleeing/Eluding, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, Driving suspended DUI Related, Criminal Mischief, reckless driving, careless driving, driving unsafe speed, possession of drugs, receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking, resisting arrest, Disorderly Conduct, Driving Unsafe Speed.
Assisting Girardville Police were officers from Ashland, Frackville, Shenandoah, and Butler Township.
Buck was arraigned Magistrate District Judge Christina Hale and locked up in Schuylkill County Prison on $25,000 straight cash bail.
NOTE: According to Girardville Police, two other people were found hiding and were secured on the roof of the home at the time of the incident. They were not involved in the pursuit but one person was wanted to police.