A Vicksburg man was charged with felony eluding Thursday afternoon, a week after he led police on a car chase through downtown, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.

Tommy Lee Johnson, 42, 106 Enchanted Drive, was arrested at 4:19 p.m. Thursday at Bowmar Avenue and Yerger Street. Officers who saw Johnson standing on the corner recognized him as the driver of a vehicle police chased though First North, Jackson, Farmer and Jefferson streets on Jan. 26, Stewart said.

The chase began when an officer attempted to investigate why the vehicle was parked at night in the parking lot of the Department of Human Services office on Farmer Street.

After the chase, Johnson and his passenger, James Gibbs, 39, 1701 South St., fled on foot. Gibbs was arrested after a foot chase and charged with possession of crack cocaine.

This morning, Johnson was being held in Issaquena County Jail without bond because his arrest violated his probation, Stewart said.

Tallulah woman held

in computer theft

A Tallulah woman was arrested on a grand larceny warrant Thursday, police Capt. Bobby Stewart said.

Shirley Pierce, 50, 1407 Bayou Drive, is accused of taking an Apple laptop computer and case from a hotel room at Ameristar Hotel, 4146 Washington St. Pierce stole the computer Dec. 4 when she was a guest at the hotel, Stewart said.

She was held at Vicksburg Police Department this morning awaiting an initial bail hearing.