A man fled into the woods after crashing a stolen ATV while a Crow Wing County sheriff’s sergeant was pursuing him near Brainerd, according to charges.

Damien Robert Graham, 53, faces charges of receiving stolen property, possession of burglary or theft tools, fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle, fifth-degree drug possession and fleeing a peace officer by a means other than a motor vehicle.

According to the complaint, a property owner on North Nelson Road in Brainerd called law enforcement on September 21 after spotting a man on his land via a cellular game camera. The owner reported the man did not have permission to be there and described him as wearing a red shirt and black pants. A sheriff’s sergeant knew the address and the area around it had been the subject of multiple thefts and burglaries in recent weeks and knew other game cameras had been placed on the property.