A routine traffic stop early this (Tuesday) morning in Montgomery County resulted in a pursuit that finally ended about 20-miles away, in Mills County, and the arrest of a Nebraska man. Sheriff’s officials say a deputy tried to stop a 2008 Toyota Corolla at around 1-a.m., near the intersection of Highway 34 and Boxelder (or 3 miles east of Emerson), when the vehicle turned north onto Boxelder and continued for about three-quarters of a mile to a residential driveway.

As deputies approached the vehicle, it made a sharp u-turn and pulled back out onto Boxelder headed southbound. Deputies activate their lights and siren and initiated a pursuit, during which the Corolla failed to yield for the stop sign at the intersection of Highway 34. The car continued westbound on  Highway 34 at speeds of up to 112-mph, into Mills County.

Officers with the Glenwood Police Department successfully deployed stop-sticks at the intersection of Highways 34 and 275. The sticks punctured the car’s passenger side tires, resulting in the vehicle slowing to 40-mph. Deputies then used a “Rolling Road Block” to ease the car to a halt at Highway 34 and Kidd Road, in Mills County.

The driver, identified as 29-year old Ryan J. Lamere, of Omaha, and two passengers, were detained without further incident. Upon investigation, deputies learned the Lamere was knowingly in possession of a stolen vehicle, that he did not have a valid driver’s license, and he was in possession of drug paraphernalia. He faces felony charges of eluding and Theft in the 2nd Degree (for Possessing a stolen vehicle), and Simple misdemeanor charges of Reckless driving and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Lamere was also cited for speeding 110-mph in a 55 zone, failure to have insurance, failure to have a valid driver’s license and failure to obey a traffic control device.

Lamere was arrested and brought to the Montgomery County LEC (Law Enforcement Center), where he was being held in $5,000 bond. The passengers were released without charges. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted in handling incident, by officers with the Red Oak and Glenwood Police Departments, troopers with Iowa State Patrol and deputies from the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office.