FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA – Floyd county law enforcement snared a fleeing Iowa City man
allegedly under the influence this weekend.
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Iowa City man after deputies attempted to pull over a vehicle for speeding around 6:47 pm Friday in the 2600 block of Highway 14. The vehicle refused to stop and sped away from deputies, reaching over 100 mph, before going into a ditch in the 2100 block of 210th Street.
Wayne Watson, age 55, is accused of felony eluding, OWI-2nd offense, driving while license revoked, excessive speed, open container, and driving on the wrong side of a divided highway. Further charges are pending.
The Iowa State Patrol, Nora Springs Police Department, and Charles City Police Department assisted with this pusuit.
Don’t go through Floyd county if you are a criminal, they got some bas ass cops over there, yea!
They need them.