A local man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after Columbus Police say he crashed a stolen car into a house and fled on foot. Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department, says that at approximately 12:38 p.m., officers observed a stolen car speeding in the area of Hinman Street and Indiana Avenue. Harris says the stolen vehicle nearly struck a Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department patrol car before crashing into a house on South Hinman Street. The house suffered minor injuries.

Police say the driver, 26-year-old Cameron B. Sampson, of Columbus, fled on foot before being apprehended a short time later. Sampson, who was wanted on a Bartholomew County Warrant, is facing preliminary

charges of Auto Theft, Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Resisting Law Enforcement.