COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A Council Bluffs man faces an attempted murder charge for allegedly trying to run over a police officer in an attempt to escape authorities. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 27-year-old Jamie Kennedy was arrested Sept. 12 in connection to the June 2nd incident. He was being held without bond in the Pottawattamie County Jail. Police say officers recognized Kennedy and one of them pulled his cruiser into the driveway where Kennedy was parked. Another officer in plain clothes but with a badge visible approached Kennedy and ordered him out of the car. Police say Kennedy intentionally turned his truck toward the officer and accelerated at him. The officer jumped out of the way. Kennedy had several warrants for his arrest at the time.

It’s not the first run-in Kennedy has had with Bluffs Police. In Nov. 2013, a report about a stolen car from rural Mills County resulted in Kennedy taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree theft, eluding police, a warrant for probation violation and a host of other traffic violations. His arrest occurred following a pursuit that ended with him fleeing a disabled, stolen car into the Missouri River before he was ordered out by a K-9 unit.