DAPHNE, Ala.—A Mobile man on Friday was arrested on two counts of first-degree property theft and one charge of third-degree property theft after a high-speed chase that ended with evidence linking him to various stolen items, including the car he was driving, Daphne police said. 

Martin William Penn, 19, at around 4 a.m. was driving a Honda Accord—reported stolen from a Lake Forest neighborhood and carrying $3,600 in tools and other items from Daphne residences—when Alabama State Troopers caught up with him after a 100-mph chase from Interstate 10 west into the Wallace tunnel, Daphne police Lt. Jud Beedy said. The vehicle, having exited the tunnel’s Mobile side, failed to negotiate a sharp left turn and flipped over after hitting a wall on the interstate’s side, he said. 

One occupant fled the scene and Penn was captured on foot near the Mobile Civic Center, Beedy said. As of press time, Penn was booked in the Baldwin County Corrections Center.

Police indicated that the Accord’s estimated 100-mph speed tipped Alabama State Troopers off to suspicious activity.

“The state troopers were the agency that discovered that the vehicle was stolen,” Beedy said, adding that toopers were conducting traffic detail on the I-10 Bayway when they noticed the Accord zoom by.

 “They contacted the owner of the vehicle after the accident,” Beedy said. “The victim, owner had not discovered it stolen yet.”

Mobile Police earlier in the week arrested Penn for possession of thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise, Beedy said.

First-degree theft is a Class B felony; third-degree theft is a class A misdemeanor.

If convicted, each count of a Class B felony can carry between a two- to 20-year sentence and a fine at or below $60,000.

A Class A misdemeanor carries a year-or-less sentence and a fine at or below $6,000.