AUGUSTA — A Whitefield man charged following a high-speed chase in Augusta on Thursday was arrested by the same sheriff’s deputy who had apprehended him after a separate chase.

The Thursday chase reached speeds of over 100 mph before it was called off due to safety concerns, police said.

Robert Arthur Breton, 31, was arrested around 7 p.m. by Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Zachary Reynolds. Breton was charged with eluding an officer, criminal speed, operating after suspension, violation of conditions of release, driving to endanger, and refusing to submit to arrest or detention.

According to an affidavit filed by Reynolds at the Capital Judicial Center, the Thursday incident began at 12:26 a.m. Reynolds was parked at a Sunoco gas station on Riverside Drive in Augusta when he saw a black pickup truck leave the parking lot onto Riverside Drive, with a taillight out, and a passenger in the truck not wearing a seatbelt.

As the truck turned onto Route 3 toward the town of China, Reynolds said he activated his lights and siren to pull the truck over. The truck maintained a speed of around 50 mph for about a minute, then slowed and briefly turned on its right blinker, then sped back up to around 50 mph.

Reynolds said after passing through the intersection of Church Hill Road, the truck accelerated to 80 mph, with Reynolds following in his cruiser. He followed until seeing the truck was going 103 mph, when he turned off his lights and siren and discontinued the chase due to the risk it posed to other motorists and the passenger in the truck.

Later that day, a Sunoco station worker provided a video and photograph that showed a man getting out of the driver’s seat of the truck. Reynolds said he immediately identified the driver as Breton, because he had previously been in a chase with him.

Reynolds said Breton was on bail due to charges related to that previous chase. Information on Breton’s previous chase — including the date of the chase and what charges were made against him as a result, were not available Friday from Kennebec County Sherriff’s Office.

Police determined the truck in the chase was registered to a Whitefield man, and went to his address, but the truck was not there. The truck owner’s residence was next to Robert Breton’s listed address, both in Whitefield.

Reynolds and a Lincoln County Sherriff’s Office deputy went to Breton’s address, just before 7 p.m., where they met Breton’s father, who directed them to a camper on the property, when they asked where Breton could be found.

The deputies spoke to Breton outside the camper and he denied being involved in any chase. When they went to arrest Breton, Reynolds wrote in the affidavit, he was “non-compliant,” so the deputies forced his hands behind his back to handcuff him.

Reynolds said Breton’s mother asked to see proof of the allegations against her son. So Reynolds showed Breton’s parents the video and photograph provided by Sunoco, and his parents confirmed it was him, according to the affidavit.

Reynolds said Breton tried to “leg sweep” the other deputy, so the two deputies forced Breton to the ground. He ultimately got up and walked to the cruiser without further incident.

Breton was taken to Kennebec County jail in Augusta, initially with no bail allowed.