(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop a little before 2-a.m. today (Saturday), in Montgomery County, led to a pursuit and the arrest of a Pottawattamie County man. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports Deputies tried to initiate a traffic stop at 1st and Cherry Streets, in Red Oak, but the vehicle sped-off and began to elude them. The vehicle drove through Red Oak without its headlights on, at a high-rate of speed.

While trying to turn into an alley at 4th and Grimes Streets, the vehicle slid on the snow and struck a house before coming to rest a short distance later, due to being stuck in the snow. The driver got out of the vehicle but refused to obey Deputies’ commands. A struggle ensued, but the driver, 40-year-old Kyle Anthony Zeigler, of Council Bluffs, was eventually taken into custody.

Ziegler faces charges that include Felony Eluding/2nd offense (A Class-C Felony), Driving While Barred (Aggravated Misdemeanor), and Interference with Official Acts (Simple Misdemeanor). He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted during the incident by Red Oak Police, Red Oak Fire and EMS, and the Montgomery County Communications Center.