BELLE — Belle Marshal Jerry Coborn assisted a Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) Troop I officer during a traffic incident Thursday morning Oct. 2 that resulted in a driver being removed from a vehicle and taken to Phelps Health for evaluation.

According to Maries County Sheriff’s Department dispatch records, authorities began receiving calls shortly after 7 a.m. Oct. 2 concerning a white flatbed truck being driven through Belle while repeatedly sounding its horn near City Hall. Dispatch records say that several callers contacted authorities about the vehicle.

Coborn was dispatched at 7:09 a.m. and arrived at approximately 7:25 a.m., where the Highway Patrol had the vehicle stopped near Fifth Street and Alvarado Avenue.

The driver was identified as Heather A . Gibson. Coborn said that she resisted commands to exit the vehicle and had to be removed using the “dry-stun function” on his stun gun. Gibson was stunned three times during the encounter.

Emergency medical personnel arrived shortly before 7:50 a.m., and Gibson was transported to Phelps Health for a fit-for-confinement evaluation.

According to the MSHP arrest report, Gibson was arrested at 7:43 a.m. in Maries County on allegations of possession of a stolen vehicle, felony resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated — under the influence of prescribed medications. The report lists her as being held at the Phelps County Jail on a 24-hour hold. The vehicle was later searched by the Highway Patrol and released to a family member. Coborn cleared the call after 8:20 a.m.

The Advocate spoke with Coborn shortly after the incident and asked about the blood that was still visible on his uniform.

Coborn said he thinks she had, “clawed him on her way down” as she was removed from the vehicle.