A Silver Creek, Georgia man has been arrested in Cherokee County in connection with the theft of a vehicle from Riverside Chevrolet in Rome.

On Friday an employee of Riverside Chevrolet in Rome, Georgia, left the dealership in a 2016 Tahoe for fuel and failed to return,  at that point an on-board global positioning system was activated, which indicated the vehicle was located in Cherokee County.

A theft report was filed with the Rome Police Department and shortly after Lt. Bo Jolly spotted the vehicle on County Road 45 and performed a traffic stop where the driver fled and was stopped again by deputies and investigators on County Road 29.

38 year old Jimmy Wayne Blair of Silver Creek, Georgia, was arrested and charged with first degree receiving stolen property and attempting to elude police.

Blair remains in the Cherokee County Detention Center awaiting bond.  He will face additional theft charges in Rome, Georgia.