(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Police in Council Bluffs arrested a Nebraska man Friday afternoon, following an investigation into a reported car alarm going off at around 3:32-p.m., in the 100 block of Park Avenue. Upon arrival officers found a Chevy Impala with heavily tinted windows. When they shined their flashlights in the windows to determine if the vehicle was occupied, Police saw a man sit up in the driver’s seat. Officers instructed the man to get out of the car, but he refused. The subject started the vehicle and backed-up, striking one of the officers’ patrol vehicles.

Anthony David Martinez, of Omaha

One officer had to move out of the way from keep from being struck by the vehicle. After hitting the cruiser, the man in the Chevy drove down Park Avenue, where the car struck another vehicle traveling eastbound on Pierce Street. As a result of the crash, the Impala spun around 180-degrees, lost a tire, and became wedged against a fence. As more officers arrived on the scene, commands were given ordering the suspect driver out of the vehicle. Instead of complying, the man climbed out the driver’s side window and fled on foot toward Broadway Street. When he was apprehended in the 1100 block of Broadway, the suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Anthony David Martinez, of Omaha, was found to have a handgun in the front of his waistband.

No injuries were reported. Martinez was found to have had a valid felony warrant issued for his arrest, through Colorado. He was also booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on charges that include:

• Assault on persons engaged in certain occupations
• Carrying weapons
• Criminal Mischief in the 3rd degree
• Fugitive from Justice
• Possession of a firearm as a felon
• Poss. of a Controlled Substance
• Unlawful possession of prescription drugs and.
• Poss. of drug paraphernalia.

Council Bluffs Police say the appreciate assistance from the U.S. Marshals who were in the area during the incident.