ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The second day of Joshua Snider’s attempted murder trial featured testimony from law enforcement about suspected weapons as well as the reported car chase that ended with Snider’s apprehension.

Snider, 46, of Bridgeport is facing charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, failure to comply with the order or signal of police and vandalism. Snider is accused in an alleged stabbing on July 25 that left Steven Chambers hospitalized. Snider was the subject of a search that week, and on July 29 he was arrested after a reported high-speed pursuit from U.S. 250 near Colerain onto Old Cadiz Road. Speeds allegedly reached 65 mph on U.S. 250 and 45 mph on Old Cadiz Road before Snider’s car crashed into about 10 headstones at Weeks Cemetery, causing about $750 in damages.

Tuesday’s testimony included accounts of Snider’s altercations with Chambers and others leading up to the incident at 6 Patterson Road, Bridgeport.

On Wednesday, Hunter Sylvis, now an officer with the Cambridge Police Department but at the time of the investigation a Bridgeport police officer, testified and the jury viewed a recording of his interview with Chambers while he was hospitalized. Among other questions, Sylvis asked if the altercation could be considered a fight or an attack by Snider, sparked by Snider’s interaction with Chambers’ girlfriend. Chambers had testified that Snider attacked him.

On cross examination, defense attorney Sterling Gill II questioned Sylvis about why a knife found in Snider’s possession upon his arrest was not sent for DNA analysis, and why brass knuckles found in Chambers’ pocket were not mentioned in a report or sent for analysis.

Sylvis said the brass knuckles were not seized from Chambers’ person as an illicit item.

Gill asked if Sylvis would consider it unusual to walk around a house with brass knuckles for no reason, and whether brass knuckles could have given a smaller man like Chambers an advantage against a more imposing man like Snider.

Sylvis said there had been no indication at the scene that brass knuckles had been used or that Snider had been bleeding.

“Given the testimony from the individuals that I had spoken with, the brass knuckles had no effect on the case,” Sylvis said after further questioning about how the hypothetical presence of DNA on brass knuckles might have altered his conclusions.

Gill also asked why the knife was not analyzed.

“An analysis may have shown that the victim had been stabbed … with that knife. However, at the time there was not any question of who had stabbed Mr. Chambers,” Sylvis said, adding there had been multiple witnesses.

Gill questioned the reliability of those witnesses.

Assistant Prosecutor Chris Gagin followed up with questions. Sylvis said there was no other suspect but Snider in the stabbing and no indication that Chambers knew Snider was coming to the house or that Chambers would have been preparing for a confrontation. Chambers also had a cut on his hand, but there was no sign of blood on the brass knuckles.

“DNA analysis is helpful when you don’t know who your victim is or a potential perpetrator,” Gagin said, asking if there had been any dispute about who the victim was or who the perpetrator was. Sylvis said there was not.

“If we had gotten DNA evidence that had Josh Snider’s DNA and/or Steven Chambers’ DNA, would that have added anything to your investigation?”

“I don’t believe so,” Sylvis said.

Talk from Gill turned to whether Chambers could have had the brass knuckles at the time of the altercation and when he might have had time to get them.

The jury also heard testimony from the arresting officer, Sgt. Tom DeVaul of the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office, and viewed body camera footage.

“He … just basically could not make the turn and went straight over an embankment,” DeVaul said of the crash, adding there was no indication of any steering issues or loss of control on Snider’s part. He said the crash seemed caused by excessive speed in the wet area following recent rain.

“I could see the red SUV (Snider’s vehicle) trying to get out,” DeVaul said. “It was spinning, it was trying to go forward, it was backing up, and during this time it was hitting stones, knocking stones all about.”

“So he didn’t crash into a single headstone and become inoperable?” Gagin asked.

DeVaul said no.

Upon arrest, Snider was recorded saying “that guy” attacked him.

DeVaul said he saw someone appear to throw something out of the car that was recovered and found to be a glass pipe. There was a passenger in the vehicle.

On further questioning from Gagin, DeVaul said Snider had several opportunities to stop and pull over during the pursuit.

Gill the cross-examined, questioning DeVaul about how much control Snider could have had over the vehicle, particularly once the vehicle became airborne over the embankment.

“No one could have controlled that vehicle,” Gill said.

“He was intentionally trying to flee the scene even after he landed in the stones,” DeVaul said.

Gill asked if Snider had likely intended to be among the headstones. DeVaul said he did not believe so.

DeVaul said he would consider this a high-speed chase, since it was 20 mph above the speed limit. He said the chase was about one to two minutes long.

Gill asked whether there were any places Snider might have pulled over, or if he might have wanted to pull over at a place he considered safe, such as Bridgeport. DeVaul said there were opportunities for him to stop.

Belmont County Common Pleas Judge John Vavra asked DeVaul if Snider’s vehicle crossed the center line. DeVaul said Snider was driving “in the middle of the road” with two tires on each side of the line. Vavra asked if there were any signs of traffic or pedestrians and DeVaul said there were not. Answering another question from the judge, DeVaul said although the area was rural, there were residences in the area.

The trial continues today at the courthouse in St. Clairsville.