Vincent T. Wallace

A Kittanning man pleaded guilty to intoxicated driving and resisting arrest in Butler County Court Tuesday after being charged in a high-speed chase with a stolen car in Butler.

Vincent T. Wallace, 61, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence and resisting arrest before Judge Timothy McCune.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 12 to 18 months' probation, fines and community service when he is sentenced Jan. 18.

Wallace was initially charged with felony theft, receiving stolen property and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, as well as misdemeanor resisting arrest, DUI and accidents involving injury, and several summary traffic violations after an incident Oct. 23, 2015.

Butler police said the incident began at the intersection of Main and Jefferson streets when Wallace stole a parked Pontiac Sunfire, which the owner had left running while he got money from an ATM.

The vehicle was then spotted in the parking lot behind 340 N. McKean St. and led police on the chase through streets on the eastern side of the city. The vehicle then crashed into a Ford Explorer at the intersection of McKean and Jefferson streets.

Police said Wallace didn't stop after the accident and continued driving in the wrong direction on the one-way street. A city officer in pursuit struck the stolen vehicle with his cruiser, sending it onto the curb near Birch Street.

Wallace then fled on foot before he was tackled by officers on East Cunningham Street, police said.

A female passenger in the SUV was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with pain in her arms. The collision caused enough damage to the vehicle that she had to be extricated by city firefighters.

Police said Wallace denied drinking but said he had injected heroin earlier.