(KAIR)--The report of a vehicle, crashed and off the road, sent Atchison County Sheriff's Deputies responding to the scene Thursday morning; and, upon realizing the driver had fled from the crash site, a search was launched leading to the arrest of a Topeka man.

Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, in a release, says the 2008 Dodge Magnum was located off the roadway and in the trees, just south of Deer Run, at September Hills, around 7:00 Thursday morning, with Deputies determining the car had been southbound on U.S. Highway 73 when it ran off the road.

The Sheriff's Office recently acquired UAV drone was used to locate the suspect, who was spotted about 500 yards south of crash site, south of 258th Road, and appeared to be throwing items.

Deputies were, Laurie says, able to apprehend the man, now identified as 34-year-old Caleb Ryan Hidalgo, while recovering what's alleged to be a distribution amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Hidalgo was arrested on charges for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of felony interference, driving while suspended, and failure to stop for the accident.

According to Laurie, Atchison County EMS and Rescue transported Hidalgo to Amberwell Atchison for examination of possible injuries, and he was later booked into the Atchison County Jail.

Laurie calls the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle drone "a recent addition to the Atchison County Sheriff- Office," purchased without the use of tax dollars. MSC Radio News will bring you details about the drone in later reports.

Meanwhile, the driver and vehicle alleged to have been behind private property damage in Atchison County last weekend have been located by Atchison County authorities.

According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, Holton resident, Joseph Banks was located during the Sheriff's Office investigation into the hit and run, with the 23-year-old cited for duty of driver to report an accident involving damage to property. The vehicle, which had lost numerous vehicle parts at the scene of the crash, 206th and Decator Road, was also recovered by Deputies.

Vehicle parts were found scattered around the crash site after damage had been done, with the vehicle reportedly striking a corner fence post, causing it to break off and stick into the ground.

Investigators believe it happened sometime before the early afternoon of September 13, with the Sheriff's Office, prior to locating Banks, asking for help from the public in solving the case.