AUBURN – A Portland man who led police on a two-county chase in a stolen car Sunday afternoon faces the possibility of criminal charges from as many as four jurisdictions, according to police.

Bartley Ray, 28, was arrested by police after wrecking the stolen 2001 Volkswagen Jetta that he was driving at the Minot Avenue-Hotel Road intersection where it plowed into two other vehicles.

A state trooper and another man were both slightly injured during one stage of the pursuit, which ran from Rumford to Auburn.

Ray was initially taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center for evaluation. Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety, said Ray was expected to be booked into the Androscoggin County jail later Sunday night.

McCausland said Ray is suspected of stealing the Jetta Sunday morning in Minot. Ray is also suspected of stealing a rifle from the Wal-Mart in Auburn, and attempting to steal ammunition at a Wal-Mart in Mexico, where the chase originated.

Rumford police were joined by Oxford County sheriffs deputies as they chased the Jetta down Route 108 to Route 4 in Livermore, continuing east on Route 4, McCausland said.

State Police Trooper Tyler Stevenson deployed a spike mat near the Route 4 intersection in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the speeding Jetta. When Stevenson pulled out to join the pursuit, his cruiser and a pickup truck driven by Thomas Mawhinney, 55, of Hartford, collided, McCausland said.

Mawhinney told police he didn’t see the cruiser.

McCausland said Mawhinney suffered a minor leg injury and Stevenson suffered an injury to his hand.

Damage to the cruiser was estimated at $10,000.

Oxford County sheriffs deputies joined with Rumford and state police during part of the pursuit, McCausland said.

Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputies, who also took up the chase, later spotted the speeding Jetta and were joined by Auburn police in their pursuit as it moved into this city.

Ray sped by the Auburn cops as they attempted to make a U-turn to stop the vehicle, said police Lt. Rick Coron. Spikes were put down but attempts to stop the vehicle that way failed, Coron said.

The chase ended when Ray crashed into two other vehicles. People in those vehicles were treated at a hospital and released.

Dave Gould, the manager of Moon Recoveries towing, was out getting something to eat when he cvame upon the sight of the crash and one of his men, Dave Reynolds, retrieving the vehicle.

The driver’s side and front of the Jetta was caved in, Gould said. The windshield was smashed in and the front air bags on the driver’s and passengers side were inflated.

“It was a bad one,” Gould said.

A employee of Premier Pit Stop, a business across the road from where the accident occurred, said she heard the crash.

“I heard the a boom and looked out the window; next thing I saw were six cruisers. They were right on him,” said Callie Osgood, 17.

Police detoured traffic through Tim Hortons and Premier Pit Stop parking areas.

Osgood said the police had the man in cuffs and into a cruiser in no time.

The vehicle was impounded and will be secured and locked up until police give the OK to release it, Gould said.

He also said police recovered a rifle from the car.

McCausland said charges against Ray will be lodged by the participating police agencies in consultation with the District Attorney’s Office.