WESTLAKE, Ohio – Westlake police released the identity of a man accused of stealing a Ford F-250, crashing it into a Detroit Road bar and injuring more than a dozen people.

Brandon Pawlak, 26, of Cleveland remains in the hospital. Westlake police charged him with aggravated robbery and Avon Lake police charged him with grand theft, attempted theft, possessing criminal tools and breaking and entering Friday, and the Brookpark and Linndale Police Departments have active warrants for his arrest.

Avon Lake police will take custody of Pawlak once he is released from the hospital, Westlake police said.

Officers chased Pawlak through Avon and into Westlake Thursday night after he stole a pickup in Avon Lake, police said.

Westlake police officers were not involved in the pursuit, but were called to provide stop sticks that brought Thursday's high-speed chase through three West Shore communities to a violent end.

An officer placed stop sticks on Detroit Road at 8:52 p.m., just east of Cahoon Road. Pawlak drove over the sticks, lost control and the pickup crashed into the building, police said.

Westlake police officers are required get permission from a supervisor before using stop sticks, according to the department's policy. Capt. Guy Tuner of the Westlake Police Department said a supervisor was notified and granted the officer permission.

Westlake's pursuit policy is similar to nearby cities in that it requires police to take into account the time of day, level of traffic and the potential danger to civilians, the suspect, and police.

The Westlake Police Department released about a dozen audio recordings from the incident. An officer in the recording told a dispatcher the truck was driving about 75 miles per hour when it hit the sticks.

The recordings do not contain audio of the supervisor granting the officer permission to use the stop sticks, however two of the recordings are unintelligible.

It isn't clear if Pawlak lost control because he ran over the sticks or if he is just a bad driver, Turner said.

Gary Hurst, the bar's owner, surveyed the damage Friday afternoon. He said his family has owned the tavern since 1959, and he's worked there for past last three decades.

"It was a neighborhood bar," he said as he stood amid the rubble inside the tavern. "It was like Cheers, everybody knew everybody else."

Beer taps and a cooler full of bottles lay on their sides in the dust and debris. Workers swept broken glass and wood from the smashed outside walls into piles so they could walk through the shell of the building.

Yellow police tape surrounded the outside of the building and skid marks were visible on the sidewalk and the front patio.

Regular patrons stopped by throughout the afternoon to get a look at the damage, and cars passing by on Detroit Road slowed to a crawl as curious drivers and passengers gawked.

The patio is usually full of patrons even when it's cold outside, Hurst said, but was empty when the truck crashed through it Thursday night.

"That was a miracle," he said.

Hurst said he came to the bar immediately after the he received a call about the crash.

"I was devastated," he said. "There were about 15 ambulances when I got here."

Hurst said he hopes to eventually reopen the bar, but said his concern now is the 13 people injured in the crash, including two bartenders. Original reports said a dozen people were injured. Police corrected that number Friday afternoon.

The bartenders remained in serious condition when he last checked Friday afternoon.

Two women were pinned behind a counter and patrons were unable to free them until ambulances arrived, he said.

Avon Lake police said Pawlak stole the pickup from Sweetbriar Golf Course about 8:45 p.m. The chase began when Avon police spotted the stolen truck, and a minivan that had also been reported stolen, in their city.

Matthew Snowden, 26, of Cleveland was driving the minivan and pulled over for Avon police cruisers, but Pawlak sped off.

Snowden is charged with complicity to grand theft, attempted theft and breaking and entering.