Man Arrested After Police Chase In Dormont

A man with two outstanding warrants was arrested after leading Dormont police officers on a foot chase through two neighborhoods.

Officers on patrol in the 2900 block of West Liberty Avenue at 4:25 p.m. spotted Robert Felton Jr., who police said had two outstanding warrants for arrest.

According to the police report, Felton fled the area on foot, and officers chased him through traffic and between several homes in the neighborhood near Tennessee Avenue before he was caught in the back yard of a home in the 3100 block of Pioneer Avenue.

Felton, 19, of Pittsburgh, is being held in Allegheny County Jail on charges of recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest, as well as charges of burglary and theft stemming from a September incident.

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