SUMMERDALE, Alabama — A month-and-a-half-long search for a Mobile man who led Summerdale Police on a high-speed chase in December has ended.

According to reports, U.S. Marshals arrested Victor LaShawn Stanton around noon on Wednesday in Houston.

“He was captured yesterday at noon in Houston,” Summerdale Police Chief Eddie Ingram said Thursday. “They had had him under surveillance and saw him get into the passenger’s seat of a car.”

At that point, U.S. Marshalls boxed that vehicle in at an intersection.

“They didn’t want to risk a pursuit,” Ingram said.

On Saturday, Dec. 1, Stanton allegedly drove a 2005 silver Ford F150 pick-up truck to a routine check-point stop at the intersection of County Roads 28 and 55. The stop was a periodic exercise in which Summerdale Police check for valid driver’s licenses and insurance. However, Staton and his two passengers, 25-year-old Megan Belinda Brumit of Foley and Desirae Lashae Northcutt of Bon Secour, allegedly appeared nervous and evasive. In addition, the officers reported detecting a smell like marijuana emitting from the vehicle. Therefore, they asked Stanton to pull his truck off the road. Instead, he allegedly pulled away at a high speed, knocking one officer back into a ditch and driving in the direction of a second officer.

Ingram said in a previous report that this led to a high-speed chase, during which time officers allegedly witnessed what appeared to be contraband being thrown out of the windows of the truck. The chase ended in a Foley residential area with Stanton escaping on foot. Brumit and Northcutt unsuccessfully attempted to continue to flee in the truck when the vehicle’s engine locked up. A three-hour search for Stanton that also involved Foley Police, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office and a K-9 officer proved unsuccessful.

In early December, Brummit, who was identified as Stanton’s girlfriend, was re-arrested and charged with hindering an investigation. Police had received information that she was helping Stanton evade arrest.

Upon being arrested a second time mere days after her first apprehension, Brumit was transported to Foley Jail, where she bonded out and is awaiting a court date. Ingram said he anticipates that date to be in February.

Stanton has a previous police record that includes 50 prior arrests, ranging from robbery to kidnapping. Upon arrest for last month’s incident, he will face felony charges that include two counts of attempted assault in the first degree on law-enforcement officers.

In addition to charges in Summerdale, Stanton is facing a number of federal charges. According to reports, they are waiting for extradition hearing to see when he will come back for his Alabama charges.

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Onlooker Editor Cathy Higgins and Independent Editor John Underwood contributed to this report.