(Red Oak, Iowa) – A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after Montgomery County Deputies investigated a reported suspicious person in the area of 1969 Evergreen Avenue. During their investigation, 64-year-old John Richard Mullenix, of Red Oak, was identified as the subject in question. After he left the scene in what was described as a careless manner and failed to yield to emergency vehicles, he led authorities on a chase.

Mullenix was finally stopped and taken into custody. He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail, and held on $2,000 bond.