Police reports stated a brief foot pursuit ended with officers using a stun gun on Murray on the south side of the Shopko shopping center. Authorities arrested the man on suspicion of second-degree theft, eluding police, disobedience to a peace officer and identity theft. Because Murray was using fake identification authorities were initially unable to determine who he was. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office entered his fingerprints into a national database to determine his name. Murray remains at the jail on a $5,000 bond.

On Saturday, Bluffs police used a stun gun to detain 32-year old Philip S. Teplitsky,  who was wanted on drug charges. Sgt Chad Meyers said shortly after 12:30-a.m., an officer approached Teplitsky, who was the passenger in a sport-utility vehicle backed into a parking space at 520 30th Ave in the Manawa Power Center. Teplitsky willingly offered his identification to the officer, who checked his name in the police database.

The officer found active warrants for Teplitsky, but before an arrest could be made, the man fled on foot. A brief chase ensued before the officer deployed his stun gun on Teplitsky in a nearby parking lot. Authorities arrested Teplitsky on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine and on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine, possession of drug equipment and eluding a police officer. Teplitsky is free after posting $26,000 bond.