Justin Ryan Thompeter, 24, was issued a nationwide arrest warrant Monday by a Jackson County Circuit Court judge.

A Trail man wanted for months on a nationwide warrant stemming from a February domestic incident that culminated with police finding an infant and a toddler abandoned in a car in the woods was arrested by Jackson County sheriff’s deputies after a high-speed chase before dawn Saturday morning.

Justin Ryan Trompeter, 24, was arrested after police say he eluded them in a chase that went from the Jack in the Box restaurant on North Pacific Highway to Highway 62 and onto Interstate 5 and at times reached speeds of up to 120 mph, according to probable cause affidavits filed by Medford police and the sheriff’s office. Trompeter is being held in the Jackson County jail without bail.

Trompeter had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt since the February incident, which allegedly involved a female victim and two children, according to earlier news reports.

While the manhunt had been extended by Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Sara Collins to apply to all states, allowing the U.S. Marshals Service to assist in the search and extradite him, it was a Medford police officer who spotted Trompeter on Saturday, just after 2 a.m., in the parking lot of the restaurant in north Medford.

Medford police Officer Tanner Boone, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Rogue Valley Times, began following Trompeter, who was driving a green Jeep Compass southbound on North Pacific Highway before turning north onto Highway 62.

Boone activated his lights and sirens as Trompeter appeared to be turning toward I-5.

Trompeter initially came to a stop — with Boone ordering him to “stick his hands out the window and exit the vehicle.” Trompeter then fled the scene in the compact SUV and began driving northbound on I-5.

Medford police initially pursued the vehicle but disengaged and allowed sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police troopers to continue the pursuit.

Sheriff’s Deputy James Vial reported hearing radio reports of the stop being made by Medford police and positioned himself at exit 40 on I-5 in the northbound lane. Vial reported observing Trompeter driving 114 mph and “recklessly passing multiple vehicles at over 100 MPH.”

Vial pursued Trompeter from exit 40 to exit 55 in south Grants Pass, at which point OSP took over. The chase ended with Trompeter exiting I-5 and crashing into a ditch in the area of Pickett Creek Road and Hussey Lane, according to the affidavit. Trompeter was taken into custody by sheriff’s deputies on charges that include violating his parole on a 2019 coercion conviction. Jail records showed Vial as the arresting officer the case.

Trompeter was scheduled to make his initial court appearance at 1:45 p.m. Monday on a charge of attempting to elude police in a vehicle and misdemeanor counts of reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person, Jackson County Circuit Court records show.

The warrant in the case from February — which culminated with the child abandonment incident — charges Trompeter with felony counts of third-degree robbery, first-degree theft and misdemeanor counts of second-degree child neglect and reckless endangering.