WARREN — A Girard man on Wednesday was convicted of felony charges linked to a lengthy April 1 police chase this year that ended with a crash across from the Cortland Police Department.

David T. Evans, 40, 711 N. Highland Ave., Apt. 2, pleaded guilty to charges of failure to comply with the signal or order of a police officer, aggravated possession of drugs and falsification.

Evans will be sentenced by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge W. Wyatt McKay after he undergoes a background investigation by the adult probation department.

Evans, who has remained incarcerated since the incident, could face as much 54 months in prison.

Prosecutors said Evans’ legal troubles began when his white Chevrolet cargo van was pulled over by authorities near the state Route 82 / 193 interchange in Vienna. Reports state the van was eastbound in the westbound lane of Route 82. Evans reportedly gave a false name to a Vienna police officer and then fled in the van.

At times, Liberty and Vienna police chased the van on Sodom Hutchings and Smith Stewart roads, and state Route 193, before getting back on Route 82 heading west in the eastbound lane. Authorities shut down the eastbound lane with spikes, but the van managed to get on state Route 11 northbound in the southbound lane. Speeds were kept between 50 and 60 mph during the chase, the report notes.

Authorities tried to shut traffic down on Route 11, as the Ohio State Highway Patrol took over the lead in the chase, the report states.

The van got off Route 11 at state Route 5 in Cortland and managed to head east toward the city and was finally stopped as it went into yards at 50 mph. The chase ended near the Cortland Police Department, almost a half hour after it began, the report states. There were no injuries.