Christy Aumer/SourceMedia Group News Updated: 28 November 2012 | 3:20 pm in Crime, Law and Justice, Linn County, Public Safety

Driver arrested after police chase, crash in Marion

Police say vehicle was stolen, driver was drunk


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This vehicle was airborne before it rolled and hit a pole in the Advance Auto parking lot at 3100 Seventh Avenue, Marion, IA. (Marion Police Department)

 

UPDATED at 3:32 p.m. – An Olin man was arrested after police chased a stolen vehicle in Marion early Wednesday morning, officials said.

A Marion police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for driving without headlights around 1:04 a.m. The driver, 25-year-old Michael Moman, refused to pull over and a vehicle pursuit ensued, officials said.

According to Marion police Lt. Scott Elam, the vehicle was traveling at a pretty fast rate before it lost control near the intersection of Eighth Avenue and 31st Street. Lt. Elam believes the curb sent the vehicle airborne before it rolled and hit a pole in the Advance Auto parking lot at 3100 Seventh Avenue. Lt. Elam wasn’t sure if anyone lost power as a result of the crash.

Moman was transported to Mercy Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries, and later taken to the Linn County Jail.

Michael Moman

Authorities discovered the vehicle driven by Moman was stolen from a Cedar Rapids residence. He was arrested on suspicion of  second-degree theft, operating while intoxicated, eluding, driving while license barred, operating a vehicle while headlights required, disobeying a traffic signal, disobeying a stop sign and failure to maintain control. This is Moman’s second operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated offense, police said.

Due to the crash, 31st Street was closed between 10th and Eighth avenues this morning.



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