The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man from Gray who they say assaulted someone with a dangerous weapon in Raymond and led them on a slow car chase through Windham and onto the Maine Turnpike in Portland.

The sheriff’s office said in a release Sunday night that Jeremy Dunlap, 46, assaulted someone he knew at 10:54 that morning at 27 Tower Road in Raymond. He left the scene in his car with a woman. The victim, who was not identified, was brought to Bridgton Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries to their face and head.

A deputy later found Dunlap’s car, a 2017 Jeep Renegade with the license plate number 199-ATY, in a Walmart parking lot in Windham. The vehicle left the lot and didn’t stop when the deputy attempted to pull it over. While the car stayed within the posted speed limits on River Road, law enforcement could not get tire spikes in place before it reached Westbrook, the sheriff’s office said.

The vehicle then circled back toward Windham on River Road, where Westbrook police set up spikes near the Sunset Ridge Golf Links. The sheriff’s office said the car again did not stop for police and evaded the spikes.

Deputies continued to follow the car as it drove into Portland and turned south onto the Maine Turnpike. After Maine State Police set up tire deflation spikes and deputies attempted to stop the car for a third time, it moved into the far right lane, going around the spikes, and accelerated to 95 mph. The pursuit was called off around 12:41 p.m. and state police notified New Hampshire authorities.

As of Monday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said, police had found Dunlap’s car abandoned, obstructing traffic off the highway in North Hampton, New Hampshire, but were still searching for him.

Chief Deputy Brian Pellerin said in cases like these, the agency is always evaluating the need to apprehend the suspect versus the risk to the public. Because police knew who the offender is and it wasn’t a “random act,” the sheriff’s office ended the chase, he said.

The sheriff’s office asks anyone who sees Dunlap to call 911 and not approach him. He is wanted on a charge of felony aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and “a host of other traffic charges,” the office said.

The woman who was with him is not considered a suspect in the assault, but is wanted on other charges.