A traffic stop early this (Wednesday) morning east of Villisca, in Montgomery County, led to a high-speed chase, a crash, and a foot pursuit. Sheriff’s officials say 30-year old Joshua Dean Cooney, of Villisca, was arrested on eluding, OWI/1st offense, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Interference with Officials Acts, charges, following the incident that began at around 12:30-a.m. He was also cited for Speeding, along with multiple Stop sign violations.

When a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a Dodge Dakota pickup running without a license plate near Vine Avenue and 260th Street, the vehicle driven by Cooney fled south on Vine Avenue in excess of 90-miles per hour, before going out of control and rolling over multiple times near 140th & Willow Avenue, in Page County.

Cooney got out of the vehicle and took off on foot, but was apprehended by the Montgomery County K9 Unit about 150-yards away from the crash site. The k9 team located narcotics near where Cooney was arrested.

Cooney was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $5,000 bond. The sheriff’s office was assisted during the incident, by deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Office, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office’ Drug Recognition expert, Clarinda EMS, along with Villisca Fire and Rescue personnel.