TIGARD, Ore. -- Police arrested a Tigard man early Thursday morning after an extensive chase that started in the Tualatin area and ended in Albany.

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Gary Smith as shown in a police mug shot.

Late Wednesday night, Tigard police saw a motorcyclist speeding southbound on Highway 217, near 72nd Avenue.

As officers followed the motorcyclist, he entered southbound Interstate 5 and an Oregon State Police trooper attempted to stop him.

The motorcyclist rode over 130 miles per hour southbound, using all four lanes to maneuver through traffic, said Oregon State Police Lieutenant Gregg Hastings.

Finally, at 12:39 a.m., the motorcyclist came to a stop on the inside median of Interstate 5, where troopers arrested the operator, 27-year-old Gary Allen Smith. According to the trooper at the scene, Smith stopped because the motorcycle had run out of gas.

Smith was taken to Washington County Jail, where he was lodged for reckless driving and felony attempt to elude on a vehicle, Hastings said. Similar charges will be filed in Clackamas, Marion and Linn counties.