Car thief leads Davenport police on chase
August 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) – A high-speed police pursuit ended in a crash in eastern Iowa on Monday afternoon. A person who had their car stolen in Davenport called police to say they’d found the car and tried to get it back, but the man who stole it showed them a handgun, then tried to run them over and sped away. Officers quickly caught up with car which refused to pull over. The chase led to Interstate 280 where police say the suspect lost control and crashed in the median, where he was taken into custody.
The suspect, identified as 32-year-old Steven Bolio of Davenport, faces a long list of charges, including felony eluding, assault, intimidation, and for allegedly pointing a gun at police repeatedly during the chase — though it later turned out to be a B-B gun.