Two men were apprehended Sunday after more than a 12 hour pursuit spanning across state borders into Clinton County.

The pursuit started in neighboring Pickett County, Tennessee when Pickett County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Russell made a routine traffic stop.

“About 5 a.m. Sunday I got a call from Pickett County requesting assistance in a pursuit on a maroon Ford Windstar van,” Clinton County Sheriff Jim Guffey told the Clinton County News Monday. “The call started out in Pickett County and they tried to do a traffic stop. As soon as the deputy got out of his car, the van takes off.”

Guffey said the van was driven by Jonathan Stuber, 28, of Albany and a passenger in the vehicle was Jonathan David Ayers, 25, of Canton, Ohio.

Guffey said a couple of the officers in Pickett County tried to do a rolling road block on the van, but Stuber drove through the road block, causing damage to several Pickett County Sheriff’s Department vehicles.

“They caused a bunch of damage. They then pursued them into Clinton County. I came across the mountain on the back side and they came across on the front side,” Guffey said. “They ended up in the Poplar Mountain area and they fled on foot.”

Guffey said both Stuber and Ayers were armed at the time of the pursuit.

“One of the locals found a pistol where Stuber had thrown it out the window and I went and picked it up,” Guffey said. “We verified it and it did belong to Stuber. At approximately 12:30 p.m., we got a call on someone walking up the valley and it turned out to be Stuber. Deputy Glover had him at gunpoint for a few minutes and Stuber fled again. I then called to Pickett County and they brought a dog over. With Deputy David Bookout and a couple of deputies from Pickett County, we tracked Stuber up to an area where he was hiding out in a cellar.”

Guffey said Deputy Bookout and an officer from Pickett County arrested Stuber after he was found in the cellar around 3:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Ayers was picked up around 5:30 Sunday afternoon in Pickett County. According to Guffey, Ayers was at his brother’s house when he was arrested.

In connection with collisions between the van allegedely being operated by Ayers during the pursuit and cruisers being operated by law enforcement, Ayers was charged with three counts of attempted murder in the second degree in Tennessee.

Stuber was charged with the same three counts of attempted murder in the second degree after being arrested in Clinton County as well as many other charges according to Guffey.

“Stuber was actually lodged here on probation violation from drug court, fleeing and evading as well as some other charges,” Guffey said.

Stuber is lodged in the Clinton County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond, as well as $85,000 cash bond from Pickett County and a no-bond on the probation violation.

During Sunday’s two state pursuit, no one was injured during the chase.

Working with officials across state lines has in the past, been a very useful resource for both Clinton and Pickett Counties. Guffey said keeping up those communications across state lines is very important in this day and time.

“It’s very important. If we didn’t have that communication then a person could commit a crime and just run here and stop,” Guffey said. “This was a very, very serious series of events that happened. These guys were armed and dangerous and they needed to be apprehended.