(Emerson, Iowa) – Sheriff’s Deputies attempting to initiate a traffic stop Saturday night near Emerson, were lead on a chase that ended with an arrest. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the incident began at around 9:24-p.m. with a traffic stop in the 1300 block of A Avenue. The driver of the vehicle began to elude deputies, resulting in the pursuit, which traversed several miles on gravel roads, at speeds of up to 94 miles per hour.

The driver made several attempts to lose pursuing officers. The vehicle turned onto 110th Street and westbound into Mills County. Once on pavement, the vehicle increased speed to 110 mph. It came upon the intersection with Highway 59 and hit a large bump, causing damage to the vehicle, but it continued westbound on Brothers Avenue, before turning north onto 395th Street, where it came to rest due to mechanical damage.

The driver, 61-year-old James Edward Wiese, of Red Oak, was arrested on an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Eluding. His passenger was released without charges.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted during the incident, by the Montgomery County Communications Center, Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa State Patrol and Henderson Fire Department,