A Council Bluffs man was arrested after a pursuit ended with him flipping a stolen vehicle on it’s top on Friday evening.

Council Bluffs Police report they were called to the Speedee Mart gas station at 2301 S. 24th Street at 4:11 p.m. on Friday for an attempted theft of a pick-up truck. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the vehicle. Then at 5:15 p.m. Officers were called to the area of Grace Street and East Pierce Street for a vehicle matching the description and a man trying to steal a motorcyle. Detectives found the Chrysler truck and tried to initiate a traffic stop but the vehicle fled southbound on Bluffs Street.

When the vehicle attempted to turn westbound on 9th Avenue it hit a patch of ice and flipped on its top. The driver, 27-year-old Joseph Cias Smith Jr. of Council Bluffs, was taken into custody and suffered no injuries in the accident.

Smith Jr. was interviewed by Omaha detectives, as he is the suspect in possible additional charges in Omaha. He was eventually booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on charges of Fugitive from Justice for a warrant for Sarpy County, Theft 1st (Possession of stolen vehicle), Burglary 3rd, Disobedience to sign and sign (4 counts), Eluding (Speed in excess of 25mph over the speed limit), Reckless Driving, and Unsafe Passing.