(Council Bluffs) A Nebraska man was arrested on multiple charges following an incident in Council Bluffs Friday afternoon.
The Council Bluffs Police Department says officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Park Avenue at 3:32 p.m. for a car alarm sounding. Upon arrival, Officers located a parked silver Chevy Impala with heavily tinted windows. When officers shined their flashlights in the windows to determine if it was occupied, a male party sat up in the driver’s seat. Officers instructed him to get out of the vehicle. Instead, he started the car and backed up, ramming one of the officer’s police cruisers. One officer had to move out of the way to avoid being struck by the vehicle. The subject, later identified as 26-year-old Anthony David Martinez of Omaha, drove down Park Avenue where he struck another vehicle traveling eastbound on Pierce Street. The vehicle then spun around 180 degrees, lost a tire and became wedged against a fence.
As more officers arrived on scene, commands were given for Martinez to exit the vehicle. However, Martinez climbed out of the driver’s side window and fled on foot towards Broadway Street. He was apprehended in the 100 block of Broadway. A loaded handgun was found in the front of his waistband after the foot pursuit. No one was injured.
Martinez is a convicted felon and has a valid felony warrant through Colorado. He was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on charges of Assault on Persons Engaged in Certain Occupations, Carrying Weapons, Criminal Mischief 3rd, Fugitive from Justice, Interference with Official Acts, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
