A man from Central Iowa was arrested following the high-speed pursuit of a motorcycle this (Friday) morning. Sgt. Marc Freeman with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office told KJAN News an Iowa State Patrol Trooper started the pursuit near Highway 71 in Cass County, during an attempted traffic stop. The man on the 2008 Ducati motorcycle, 18-year old Colton Fineran, of the Des Moines area, sped-off and led authorities through several communities, including the northern-most city limits of Atlantic past KJAN twice (southbound and northbound), before returning to Interstate 80 westbound.

Pursued cycle northbound on Olive Street just south of KJAN (Ric Hanson photo)

Sgt. Freeman said they had several deputies and other law enforcement stationed along the interstate, but there was no way to keep up with him, as speeds reached in excess of 120 miles per hour, to as much 150-miles per hour.  The man eventually exited I-80 and went into Neola, where observant citizens told authorities he tried to hide the cycle in a residential carport. Fineran was taken into custody without further incident. Sgt. Freeman said he was wanted on warrants out of central Iowa for Driving While Barred. Fineran now faces charges of Speeding, Eluding and an additional Driving While Barred charge.

He was transported to the Pottawattamie County Jail and booked-in.