AUTHORITIES ARRESTED A MAN WHO IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT THAT INJURED A SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SGT. TOM GILL SAYS THE INCIDENT BEGAN WITH A TRAFFIC STOP AT 2:47 A.M.
SIROM1 OC……CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE. :24
GILL SAYS SIROM REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH THE OFFICER AND A STATE TROOPER WHO PULLED UP TO ASSIST IN THE TRAFFIC STOP:
SIROM2 OC……..BE O.K. :16
THE STATE TROOPER IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A PURSUIT OF SIROM’S VEHICLE:
SIROM3 OC….BOTH OF THE SUSPECTS. :14
GILL SAYS SIROM DID NOT GIVE UP PEACEFULLY:
SIROM4 OC…….WITH OFFICIAL ACTS. :14
THE 18-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER QUICKLY SURRENDERED AND WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS.
SIROM IS FACING A VARIETY OF CHARGES INCLUDING ASSAULTING AN OFFICER, ELUDING, SPEEDING AT LEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR OVER A POSTED LIMIT, AND OTHER TRAFFIC COUNTS.
