A Seymour driver is under arrest after a police chase last week. Seymour

Police are reporting that the incident happened Thursday morning, when an officer stopped a car near West Tipton and Poplar Streets. But as the passengers left the stopped vehicle and the officer approached the car, the driver took off, with the passenger doors still open.

The chase ended in the backyard of a home on North Lynn Street. The driver allegedly got out of his car and tried to hide before being corralled with the help of Seymour police dog Ace.

54-year-old Seymour resident Richard F. Swaney is facing preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, resisting law enforcement, operating a vehicle while a habitual traffic violator for life, and reckless driving.