A traffic stop south of Villisca Friday night turned into a chase with speeds that reached 130-miles per hour. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says at around 7-p.m., a deputy attempted to stop a 1996 Cadillac Seville that had fraudulent license plates, at the intersection of Highway 71 and South U Avenue. When the vehicle failed to yield, deputies engaged in a pursuit. About two-miles north of the intersection of Business Highway 2 and Highway 71, the car hit stop sticks laid down by deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office.

The car continued southbound before turning west into Clarinda on Washington Street, then onto 5th Street, where Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies used “Legal intervention” to stop the vehicle. The driver, 30-year old Nicholas Allen ray, of Nelson, MO., was arrested without further incident. A female passenger in the car was detained for questioning, but later released.

Ray was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held pending an appearance before the magistrate. He’s been charged with Eluding, Driving While Suspended, Fraudulent Use of Plates, and Speed by Pace (130-mph in a 55-mph zone). Ray was also being held on a felony Missouri warrant for Probation Violation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted during the incident by the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Clarinda P-D, and the Iowa State Patrol.