BATON ROUGE — A traffic stop near Baton Rouge General on Bluebonnet Boulevard led to a brief search and the arrest of a 29-year-old man on Wednesday, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies initially pulled over a vehicle in a parking lot on Bluebonnet Boulevard after discovering it was displaying a stolen license plate. During the stop, one of the vehicle's occupants fled into a nearby wooded area.

EBRSO deployed a multi-division response to set up a perimeter, bringing in deputies from the Warrants, Uniform Patrol, Traffic, SCAT, K9 and Air One units.

After a brief chase on foot, deputies safely took the suspect into custody. 

Authorities identified the suspect as 29-year-old Chauncy Selders. Selders was booked on charges of resisting an officer and illegal possession of stolen things. Officials noted he also had two outstanding warrants at the time of his arrest.