A Cody motorcyclist is facing multiple misdemeanor charges following a nearly hour-long, 50-mile chase that reportedly hit speeds over 100 mph and culminated in a foot race.

Troopers and deputies pursued 23-year-old Kaiden P. Lee across the Cody area before ultimately catching him in the Willwood area on Monday afternoon. Lee has been charged with six misdemeanor counts: eluding a peace officer, reckless driving, speeding, driving without a valid license, driving with a suspended license and having no proof of auto insurance.

Prosecutors are also seeking to revoke the probation he’d been serving for a January DUI conviction.

“This was a very dangerous event, super public safety issue,” said Deputy Park County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Eichele at a Tuesday morning hearing, calling the conduct “fairly egregious.”

Park County Circuit Court Judge Joey Darrah agreed with Eichele’s recommendation and set bail at $5,000 cash.

Lee initially said that he would plead guilty, but Darrah said it was probably in the defendant’s interest to talk to an attorney first and a not guilty plea was entered.

“I’m sorry,” said Lee, who was emotional during his brief appearance. “My brain is everywhere.”

Charging documents say Lee’s girlfriend and father indicated to law enforcement that they had been worried about his safety and motorcycle driving prior to Monday’s incident.

Lt. Lee Pence of the Wyoming Highway Patrol initially spotted Lee going about 88 mph on U.S. Highway 14A, about halfway between Cody and Powell.

When the trooper tried to pull the eastbound motorcycle over, he said Lee raced off at speeds hitting 104 mph. Lee later flipped a U-turn, heading back toward Cody.

He turned onto Sage Creek Road, went east on U.S. Highway 14/16/20 and then on Road 3FK at speeds “generally below 100 mph,” Pence wrote in an affidavit.

Lee later hit a dead end, but used a two-track and cut across grass and sagebrush to elude his pursuing officers and make it back to Road 3FK and the highway. The pursuit returned to Sage Creek Road and U.S. Highway 14A eastbound until Lee turned onto Road 18, toward the Willwood Dam.

Miles later, he ventured onto a dirt road and fell over. However, he was able to get going again and slip past an approaching Park County sheriff’s deputy, the affidavit says.

Lee eventually turned into a resident’s yard on Lane 14 and — despite Pence’s armed commands to stop — reportedly fled on foot. At one point, he yelled, “I didn’t do anything,” the affidavit says.

The pursuit continued through tall sagebrush, heading toward the Shoshone River, until “Mr. Lee eventually got more tired than me and gave up,” Pence wrote. “He was crying and collapsed to the ground.”

After being checked out at Powell Valley Hospital, Lee was taken to jail.

Pence described the suspect as “polite and courteous” following the arrest.

“He admitted he was scared about being arrested when I attempted to stop him initially (which would’ve likely wound up with citations issued and someone coming to get the bike),” Pence wrote, “but he admitted ‘fight or flight’ kicked in.”

A trial on Monday’s charge is tentatively slated for December, with a probation revocation hearing on the calendar for next week.