NEWTON, NC (WBTV)- Deputies in Catawba County say they have arrested a man who stole a van and led police on a chase through Claremont Tuesday morning.

Shane Lee Huffman, 34, is charged with felony fleeing to elude, felony larceny of a motor vehicle, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, driving while under the influence, driving while licensed revoked and careless and reckless driving, according to a news release from the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.

Police say Huffman jumped into the van belonging to McKinley Leather when they driver got out of the van at Ramsey Finishing and walked inside.

Deputies located the van at 12:36 p.m. driving down Shiloh Road off NC Highway 10.

Huffman drove away from the deputies down Murray's Mill Road until it dead ended on Murray Lane.

Huffman stopped in a yard with a flat tire, where he was arrested.

Bond is set at $30,000.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- You're next online purchase could cost you more than you're used to.

A bill making its way through the Senate will make tax free shopping on the Internet a thing of the past, if that bill continues to receive the same swell of support it got Monday, when the Senate voted 74 to 20 to take up the bill.

The National Retail Federation is also standing behind the change. The group says it would even the playing field between brick and mortar stores and their online competition.

The proposal would require Internet retailers to tax you, and the sales tax would be sent to the state where a shopper lives.

But opponents say states are being greedy, and that the bill is just another way for lawmakers to raise your taxes.

Currently, states can only require online stores to collect sales taxes if the store has a physical presence in the state.

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HICKORY, NC (WBTV)- Four people from Illinois were been arrested by police in Hickory on Tuesday morning in connection with the kidnapping of a local man.

The 23-year-old victim was reported missing by an acquaintance after she received a phone call demanding a ransom for the his safe return.

With the assistance of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office, Hickory Police found the 23-year-old man bound with duct tape in a home on 21st Street Drive SE. That's just outside the Hickory city limits.

Investigators said the four suspects were also at the home. They were arrested.

The victim was treated for minor injuries. He told police he was kidnapped from the parking lot of the Lowe's Hardware on US 70 SE in Hickory.

21-year-old Jorge Alonzo Rentas, of Chicago, and 23-year-old Alejandro Zambrano, of Orlando Park, IL, are both charged with Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, Kidnapping, and Felony Conspiracy.