NAMPA, Idaho (CBS2) — A police pursuit culminated in a crash outside an Albertsons on April 1, resulting in the arrest of a 55-year-old Meridian man.
At 2:39 p.m., the Nampa Police Special Enforcement Team initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle with a suspended registration near 1st Street N and 2nd Street N, which had recently departed from a known drug location. Authorities reported that the driver provided false identification during the stop.
A Nampa Police drug detection K-9 indicated the presence of drugs in the vehicle. When officers instructed the driver to exit, he fled the scene at a high rate of speed.
Police pursued the vehicle until a pursuit intervention technique was executed near 11th Avenue S and 7th Street S. The suspect's vehicle collided with the police vehicle, both of which stopped on the sidewalk outside Albertsons, against an exterior concrete stairway.
No injuries were reported from the incident, including those to the suspect, his passenger, community members, or law enforcement.
Shane Matthew Aman, the driver, faces multiple charges, including felony eluding an officer, driving under the influence, providing false identification, and resisting/obstructing an officer. He is also being held for unrelated charges in Ada County.
“The reckless actions of Mr. Aman are the direct result of illegal drug use,” said Corporal Jonathan Flores of the Nampa Police S.E.T. “We want to remind everyone of the dangers of drug use. It's a simple message worth repeating: don't do drugs.”