Paris Police Officers stopped a 2002 white Pontiac Firebird in the 1700 block of Bonham Street for a defective brake light at 12:12 P.M. on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
As the officers were approaching the vehicle to make contact with the driver, the driver reportedly placed the vehicle in gear and fled the scene.
Officers pursued the vehicle over 10 miles on city streets all the way to NE 17th St and back to N Main Street before the pursuit was abandoned for safety reasons.
The driver was known to the officers because he had been stopped around 3:00 A.M. on the same date for the same defective tail light violation and was given a citation.
The driver is known to be 39 year old Robert Corey Gass, of Powderly. Warrants are being sought at this time for his arrest.