Traffic stop on a speeding vehicle early this (Sunday) morning in Red Oak leads to the arrest of a man from Essex

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March 8th, 2026 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, IA) – A vehicle traveling 78 miles per hour in a 20-mile per hour zone, was stopped early this (Sunday) morning in Red Oak, and the driver arrested on an OWI charge. According to Red Oak Police, officers conducted the traffic stop at around 3:30-a.m. in the 2000 block of N. 8th Street. The driver, 29-year-old Collin Earl Robert McDowell, of Essex, was arrested for OWI/1st offense – A serious Misdemeanor. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.