AUSTINTOWN — A local man is facing felony charges after leading police on a chase to Trumbull County and back this weekend.

Devin M. Lopac, 24, is charged with failure to obey the orders of a police officer and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, fourth- and fifth-degree felonies, respectively. He also is charged with drunk driving, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Lopac appeared by video Monday in Mahoning County Austintown Court, where Judge Scott Hunter set bond at $10,500. He waived his right to a speedy trial and is due back in court on May 7.

The police report states that about 1:30 a.m. Sunday an officer saw Lopac’s vehicle racing with a motorcycle down Mahoning Avenue near Four Mile Run Road, both going at a high speed and weaving around other traffic.

At Raccoon Road, the motorcycle turned south and Lopac’s Audi remained stopped, at least until the officer turned on his emergency lights to initiate the traffic stop.

The report states that Lopac then took off down Mahoning Avenue. The chase reached almost 80 mph down Mahoning Avenue and Lopac allegedly ran the red light at Idaho Road before merging onto state Route 11 northbound.

The report states Lopac continued on Route 11 to Interstate 80 east, reaching 130 mph before taking exit 227, driving around a car stopped at a red light and then getting directly back onto I-80 east.

After exiting at exit 234 toward Hubbard, Lopac turned south onto U.S. Route 62, then made an illegal U-turn at Franklin Avenue and went north on Route 62. When it turned onto Hubbard Masury Road, Hubbard police joined the chase.

Police seemed to have Lopac cornered when they forced him down a private driveway in the 7700 block of Van Ness Avenue. The reporting officer held the vehicle at gunpoint, but Lopac turned around and went around the cruiser.

The chase continued back through Hubbard at speeds of around 50 mph, until Lopac got back onto Route 62, which he took back to I-80 westbound and speeds again reached 130 mph. Hubbard exited the pursuit, but Ohio State Highway Patrol then joined and used a spike strip to slow the Audi down near the Mosier Road bridge. The Audi came to a stop just before the Salt Springs Road exit.

The report states Lopac and his female passenger were placed in handcuffs and in the back of police cruisers.

Police questioned the woman, who told them Lopac fled because he did not want to get an OVI. She told police that she tried to get out of the car when they were stopped at the private driveway in Hubbard, before Lopac began driving again.

Police determined the woman was not at fault.

The report states Lopac was found to have a loaded 9mm handgun in the driver’s side door and was determined to be intoxicated, though he refused a urine test.