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A 24-year-old LeClaire man faces a felony charge after an Iowa State Trooper alleges he eluded police while he drove more than 100 mph early Thursday.

Shawn Housby faces a felony charge of eluding and a serious misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance – marijuana – second offense, court records say.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., an Iowa State Trooper alleges he saw a GMC SUV headed west on Interstate 74 near Middle Road at a high rate of speed, arrest affidavits say. The SUV exited onto Middle Road at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at the red light before turning east. It then “began traveling at extremely reckless speed,” the trooper says in the affidavit.

Body Camera Footage: Routine Christmas Patrol Leads to White City Arrest, 93 Grams Fentanyl Seized JCSO Case 22-7456

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WHITE CITY, Ore. – Christmas evening, a routine Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) patrol in White City discovered a driver passed out behind the wheel with fentanyl on his lap. During the arrest and search warrant, JCSO seized 93 grams of multi-colored powdered fentanyl. Preliminary tests confirmed the presence of fentanyl in the powdered substances seized and samples were sent to a crime lab for further testing.

Wyndham Vale man has been charged over a police chase through several Wyndham suburbs.

It is alleged the 35-year-old was driving a stolen car erratically in Werribee South early Thursday morning.

Officers followed the vehicle through Point Cook before using stop sticks on Sneydes Road.

The driver was arrested at the scene.

He has since been charged with offenses including reckless conduct endangering life, dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.

Indiana State Police arrested a Wisconsin man Tuesday afternoon for being impaired and leading them on a high-speed chase.

A state trooper pulled over 23-year-old Azjuan Meriwether of Milwaukee near Perrysville in Vermillion County.

The trooper discovered that Meriwether didn’t have a license and was wanted for resisting arrest in Vanderburgh County.

However, instead of getting out of the car, Meriwether cursed at the officer and sped away.

That started a wrong-way chase which soon reached speeds of 115 miles per hour.

Eventually, Meriwether’s tires were flattened by police stop sticks.

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A man who was stopped in a high speed chase earlier this month on Highway 2 in West Glacier has a long criminal history in Flathead and Lincoln counties.

On Dec. 21, Montana Highway Patrol Troopers began a pusuit of Richard Mongan, 51, of Kalispell, near Browning and finally stopped him after Mongan’s truck was disabled by spike strips near West Glacier.

According to Montana State Prison records, Mongan has three felony DUI convictions in Flathead County and one in Lincoln County.

According to various Lincoln County court documents, Mongan had 35 arrests between 1987 and 2006 in Flathead and Lincoln counties for several felonies and misdemeanors.

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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Wichita County deputies end a second chase with a pit maneuver hours after another high speed chase was brought to an end with spike strips and a pit maneuver on Monday night. The second chase began just after midnight Tuesday morning.

A deputy tried to pull over a vehicle with defective tag lights on Jacksboro Highway and Galveston. He said the vehicle kept going, and he chased it on East Scott, onto Rosewood, east on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., back to East Scott to Old Windthorst Road, south to Hatton Road and then west, where he was finally stopped with a pit maneuver.

VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) – A suspect is in custody after a high-speed chase ended in Terre Haute.

The chase started on State Road 63 and ended in Terre Haute near 3rd and Linden Streets.

Police tell News 10 speeds hit around 100 mph, driving the wrong way.

Officers used stop sticks to stop the vehicle.

Police said they tried to stop the driver originally for speed and drugs.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

A dog and a motorcycle were found inside a stolen U-Haul when a pursuit with authorities ended in Riverside County Monday night.

Consequently, Deputies responded to the area of San Jacinto Avenue and 7th Street in San Jacinto to assist Hemet police, who were in pursuit of the U-Haul, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Swan said.

The chase continued for about 25 minutes until authorities deployed spike strips and disabled the truck at San Jacinto Avenue and Florida Avenue in Hemet. Furthermore, a man driving the U-Haul attempted to flee the scene on foot but law enforcement quickly captured him, Swan said.

A man wanted on a felony warrant out of Lincoln County led Montana Highway Patrol troopers on a long-distance, high-speed chase on Friday, December 16. However, he gave up after officers used spike strips to help disable the vehicle.

Specifically, according to Trooper Laramie Stefani, the pursuit began near Browning on Highway 2 for Richard Mongan, 51, of Kalispell. Initially, authorities called off the chase because of poor road conditions, but Stefani picked up the pursuit of the white pickup Mongan was driving near Nyack Flats.

Subsequently, Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies as well as more troopers assisted in the chase, and officers put down spike strips, consequently blowing out at least one tire on Mongan’s truck.