Joshua Brackenridge after his arrest in 2018.(Photo: Provided/Hamilton County Sheriff's Office)

The man who crashed near Kings Island Monday had stolen his grandmother's car, police say.

It'sthesame grandmother he had previouslyabductedwhile streaminglive on Facebook in 2018, according to court records.

Joshua Brackenridge, 33, will be charged with domestic violence and robbery in Monday's incident, Green Township police said.

Investigators said Brackenridge was driving with his grandmother on Interstate 74 Monday when he began making concerning statements, so she pulled into Mercy West Hospital.

Officers reported that around 8:30 a.m. Brackenridge hit the woman and took her keys, purse and car.

Green Township officers pursued him, but the speeds quickly exceed 100 miles per hour and the chase was called off, officials said.

Police issued an alert to surrounding agencies to be on the lookout for the vehicle, but before anyone found him he crashed along Interstate 71, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol who responded to the crash.

Officials said he fled from that there on foot toward Kings Island.

Mason police said Brackenridge attempted to enter the park, but was quickly apprehended by 11:30 a.m.Both Mason and Green Township police said they do not believe he was armed.

In November 2018, Brackenridge streamed the abduction of his grandmother live on Facebook.

In the video, Brackenridge quotesBible verses and claimedhis family was conspiring against him.

"My family... was trying to use my mental illnesses against me to try to get me to kidnap my grandma and kill her," he said. "But I don't have the heart to kill her."

After his arrest, the court case was delayed while his mental health was assessed, court documents state.

In March 2019, he pleaded guilty to abduction and was sentenced to nine months in prison, according to the documents.

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