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Motorcycle pursuit & wreck in Montgomery County

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May 4th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop at around 4:40-p.m. Saturday in Montgomery County, resulted in a pursuit and crash. Sheriff’s officials report deputies tried to stop a motorcycle at Nature Avenue and 200th Street, north of Stanton, but the cycle continued eastbound on 200th Street before turning south onto Highway 71.

The cycle reached speeds of up to 90-mph in a 55-mph zone. The pursuit ended when the motorcycle crashed east of Clarinda at Washington Street and Highway 71. The driver, 37-year old Jacob Allen Cochran, of Red Oak, was not injured.

He was taken into custody and charged with Possession of a stolen vehicle, eluding, driving while barred, and speed by pace, 90 in a 55. Sheriff’s deputies were assisted in the pursuit and arrest, by the Iowa State Patrol, Page County Sheriff’s Office, and Clarinda Police.