Associated Press - November 21, 2009 8:14 AM ET

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A 23-year-old Boise man was arrested after police say he stole a car, then drove it into a ditch.

Matthew Humphreys was arrested Thursday night.

Officers say they received a report of a stolen car Thursday morning.

Hours later, about 5:30 p.m., they observed a car that fit the vehicle's description in a south Boise neighborhood.

KTVB-TV reported that police opted not to pursue after the driver fled at top speed on busy rush-hour roads, making a chase unsafe.

But a witness called police later, with information the car had been driven into a ditch.

Officers found a cell phone in the car they say belonged to Humphreys.

They later arrested him at a home in Garden City, a Boise suburb.

Humphreys remains in Ada County Jail awaiting court proceedings.

Information from: KTVB-TV, http://www.ktvb.com/

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