Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer said today (Tuesday), a Pottawattamie County man was arrested last Friday night following a chase that began with a traffic stop. 35-year old Randy Buck Evans, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody after the Ford pickup he was driving missed a turn during the pursuit, and crashed into a metal ditch tube. Evans faces charges that include Eluding, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and several traffic offenses.  He was unable to post bond at the time and was held on $5000 bond.

Randy Buck Evans Jr.

The incident leading up to his arrest began just after 11-p.m., Friday. When a Deputy tried to stop the pickup Evans was driving near 130^th and Q Avenue, or about seven-miles north of Clarinda, the vehicle did not stop, and fled at a high rate of speed.

The ensuing pursuit continued west on 130^th to O Avenue and then south on O Avenue to 150^th Street.  Evans then attempted to turn east onto 150th, but the pickup was traveling too fast to negotiate the turn.