Man faces DUI, other charges after car chase

IDAHO FALLS — An Idaho Falls man was arrested Wednesday after he drove intoxicated, led a deputy on a car chase and damaged another car, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office says.

Around noon, deputies found a Mercury Cougar that had been reported as possibly being driven by an intoxicated driver. The car had left the Stinker Station at 17th Street and 25th East and was spotted by a deputy who was traveling northbound on 25th East near 25th Street.

The deputy saw the car was serving in its lane and tried to make a traffic stop. The driver, who was later identified as Ike Bowers, 41, did not pull over, authorities said. During this time, Bowers collided with another vehicle on 25th East and continued back toward 17th Street, according to the sheriff’s office.

The deputy followed the Cougar as it turned east onto 17th Street and then into the Men’s Wearhouse parking lot, where the deputy blocked the car.

Deputies then determined Bowers was too intoxicated to be driving. He was arrested and transported to the Bonneville County Jail, where he was booked on the following misdemeanor charges: excessive DUI, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, eluding a police officer, open container of an alcoholic beverage and driving without privileges.