Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old man accused of trying to flee Lakewood police in a stolen car.

Nicholas Bodner was charged Thursday with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude a pursing police vehicle, making or possessing car theft tools and obstructing a police officer. He was in jail in lieu of $28,500 bail.

The incident took place Wednesday. Charging documents give the following account:

A police officer spotted a white Honda Civic that passed him in the 10800 block of South Steele Street. (Charging documents do not provide a time.) The officer ran the car’s license plate and discovered it had been reported stolen to Tacoma police.

The officer followed the Civic. The driver accelerated to 80 mph in a 60 mph zone on Highway 512. The officer turned on his patrol car’s emergency lights and sirens, but the Civic kept going.

The Civic got onto northbound Interstate 5, then got off at South 84th Street. The car crossed into oncoming lanes, and the driver accelerated as he drove the wrong way.

As another vehicle came toward the Civic and the officer’s vehicle, the Civic quickly pulled into a driveway and the driver ran off into a brushy area. A police dog tracked the man and found Bodner, whom the officer identified as the driver of the Civic.

Officers noted that the Civic’s ignition was heavily damaged and part of the steering column had been remov- ed. A screwdriver was in the center console.