8/24/05
Man Calls 911 About Booze, Leads Chase
COON RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A man who police say pointed a gun at police before leading officers on a chase was arrested. Gary Michael Ritchie, 53, of Coon Rapids, fled from police after he called 911 at least four times about a problem he was having with neighbors, police said.
Ritchie was drinking at a neighbor's house Saturday night when he become unruly and was asked to leave, police said.
He later called 911 asking police to help him retrieve a bottle of pure-grain alcohol he left at the neighbor's, police said.
Police Chief Joel Roetman went to the neighbor's and then to Ritchie's, where Ritchie pointed a gun at Roetman, court records show.
Ritchie then drove off, leading police on a chase that ended when county deputies placed stop sticks on the road, flattening the tires on Roetman's car south of Scranton, records show.
Police say Ritchie led them on a foot chase into a cornfield, where officers were unable to find him.
Ritchie was arrested at his home on Sunday.
He was charged with assault on a peace officer, going armed with intent and eluding officers.
He was being held Tuesday in the Carroll County jail under $29,250.
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