In an update to our earlier report, Council Bluffs Police Friday afternoon identified a suspect who had fled from Police during a traffic stop Thursday night. Authorities say 57-year-old Jerry Dean Phipps, of Council Bluffs was charged with OWI 1st Offense, Eluding, Disobedience to Police Officer, Reckless Driving, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

(Original story w/name now added):

A traffic stop at around 9-p.m. Thursday in Council Bluffs resulted in a brief pursuit and the driver being taken into custody. Authorities say after an officer stopped a vehicle for a simple traffic violation, the officer suspected the driver – later identified as 57-year old Jerry Dean Phipps – to be intoxicated, and called for a back-up officer. Before the second officer could arrive, Phipps fled in the vehicle westbound on 2nd Avenue and hit “stop-sticks” that were deployed at 28th Street. The vehicle continued to elude officers, heading southbound on 28th St and eastbound on 9th Ave.

In the 1300 block of 9th Ave officers performed a P.I.T. maneuver on the vehicle, causing it to slide off the road into a business parking lot. When Phipps refused to exit the vehicle, a less than lethal bean-bag shotgun was deployed, and the vehicle window was shot out. A Police K-9 was on scene but Phipps became cooperative and exited the vehicle on his own power. He was taken into custody without further incident.