Man goes on pursuit with unwilling passenger

A 22-year-old man faces a long list of charges after taking officers on a pursuit this week with an unwilling passenger.

In an arrest and booking report, Sand Springs police say an officer spotted John Cress revving his vehicle in a private lot and it turned out the car had been reported as stolen. When the officer attempted to stop Cress, the pursuit began.

He ended up crashing into a tree, but then tried his luck on foot.

“Cress also left his wallet/ID/phone in the driver floorboard of the vehicle,” police said.

Eventually, he was found hiding and was taken into custody.

His juvenile passenger reportedly had no idea the car was stolen and kept asking Cress to stop throughout the chase.  A count of kidnapping was added to Cress’ booking charges.

[Information from arrest and booking report]