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VALPARAISO — The Porter County Sheriff's Department released the identity of a man accused of stealing a police vehicle during a traffic stop, leaving his infant son and later jumping out of a second story window to steal a second police vehicle — all in the same afternoon Wednesday.

Stacey Groves, 39, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, faces charges of residential entry, auto theft, two charges of resisting arrest with a vehicle, child endangerment and two counts each of criminal mischief and leaving the scene of a property damage crash, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Department.

Groves also has an active warrant through Michigan and potential charges through the Hobart Police Department, the release stated.

Groves allegedly stole an unmarked Hobart police car during a traffic stop around noon Wednesday along the Indiana Toll Road before leading a state trooper on a car chase westbound on the Toll Road.

The trooper lost sight of the vehicle, according to the release, but police believe Groves "made his own exit" off the Toll Road and through a cattle fence between County Road 1000 North and the Toll Road on the north side.