A WINNEBAGO, NEBRASKA MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP BY SIOUX CITY POLICE THAT RESULTED IN AN OFFICER FIRING HIS WEAPON.
POLICE CHIEF REX MUELLER SAYS OFFICERS AND A WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ATTEMPTED TO BOX THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE IN AT 28TH & IOWA STREETS AROUND 9PM WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THE DRIVER, 29-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS ST. CYR, HAD FELONY WARRANTS:
OC………….WAS EXITING. :23
CHIEF MUELLER SAYS THE OFFICER WAS INJURED AND FIRED HIS GUN AT ST.CYR’S VEHICLE:
OC……….OR INJURED. :13
THERE WERE THREE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE WITH ST.CYR.
ONE RAN FROM THE CAR AND WAS ARRESTED.
27-YEAR-OLD ADRIAN LUND WAS CHARGED WITH INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS.
A WOMAN WHO JUMPED OUT AFTER ST.CYR DROVE OFF WAS APPREHENDED AND RELEASED.
THE 4TH PERSON, A MALE SUSPECT, LATER BAILED OUT AND ESCAPED.
MUELLER SAYS ST CYR EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND ALSO TRIED TO RUN BUT WAS CAPTURED.
ST. CYR IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, LEAVING THE THE SCENE OF A PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT, AND WARRANTS FOR DRUG AND TRAFFIC COUNTS AS WELL AS CONTEMPT OF COURT.
THE INJURED OFFICER WHO FIRED THE SHOT HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED.
HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM MERCY ONE MEDICAL CENTER AND IS RECOVERING AT HIS HOME.
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A WINNEBAGO, NEBRASKA MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP BY SIOUX CITY POLICE THAT RESULTED IN AN OFFICER FIRING HIS WEAPON.
POLICE ATTEMPTED THE VEHICLE STOP AT 28TH & IOWA STREETS AROUND 9PM WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THE DRIVER HAD FELONY WARRANTS.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND INTENTIONALLY STRUCK AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER’S VEHICLE.
THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER FIRED HIS HANDGUN AT THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE.
THE SUSPECT, 29-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS ST CYR, WAS APPREHENDED A SHORT TIME LATER.
ST. CYR IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, LEAVING THE THE SCENE OF A PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT, AND WARRANTS FOR DRUG AND TRAFFIC COUNTS AS WELL AS CONTEMPT OF COURT.
ST. CYR WAS NOT INJURED IN THE TRAFFIC STOP.
