Jamestown  (JPD)  Jamestown Police reports that on Thursday  January 14, at approximately 2:22pm, a Jamestown Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on the 800 block of 4 Ave NE in Jamestown.

Assistant Police Chief, Maj. Justin Blinsky reports that the vehicle was a 2009 Ford Focus owned by a Jamestown resident. The vehicle immediately fled from officers driving in a reckless manner. The male driver of the vehicle was later determined to be wanted on a warrant and had a passenger in the vehicle with him. The vehicle fled from officers through northeast Jamestown before leaving the city limits on Stutsman County Road 40. The vehicle drove on several county gravel roads in northeast Stutsman County. The vehicle entered the town of Spiritwood, ND. At approximately 2:40-p.m., the fleeing vehicle drove through several private yards,before striking a utility trailer and coming to a stop. The male driver exited the vehicle and ran from officers on foot. He was taken into custody a short distance away from the vehicle. The 35-year-old female passenger immediately gave up to officers. She was briefly detained and questioned by officers, before being released.

The male driver was taken into custody and has been identified as 45-year-old Gary Frederick Zinck, Jr. of Jamestown. Zinck has been arrested on suspicion of Felony Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police, Felony Reckless Endangerment, and on a Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Warrant of Arrest. Zinck was also cited for Possession of Marijuana

.The Jamestown Police Department was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office and the Barnes County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation into this incident continues and other charges are possible.