A traffic stop on a motorcycle at around 7:45-a.m. today (Friday), in Red Oak, escalated into a pursuit and the eventual arrest of a man from Pottawattamie County. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Rhamy said in a statement, 27-year old Dakota Allen Culbertson, of Council Bluffs, faces felony charges that include: Eluding; Possession of stolen property; Possession of Meth with the intent to deliver; and Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree. Culbertson was assessed a misdemeanor, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charge. He was also wanted on a warrant out of Council Bluffs for Theft in the 2nd Degree and on a narcotics warrant out of Nebraska. Culbertson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.

The incident leading to his arrest began when a Red Oak Police Officer saw a motorcycle in the area of 3rd and Nuckols Streets. He observed the cycle run a stop sign at 3rd and Market Street, and attempted to make a traffic stop. The operator of the cycle – later identified as Culbertson – failed to yield to law enforcement, and traveled south on 2nd Street to Ohio Street, and then to Highway 48, where the pursuit continued southbound.

Once in the area of Highway 48 and 130th Street in Page County, Culbertson took to the ditch and entered the yard of residence in the 1200 block of Highway 48. Officers tried to get the motorcycle boxed-in while it was still in the yard, but the Culberston managed to get the machine back onto Highway 48, where it began to travel north towards the City of Red Oak.

Red Oak Police and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies tried to establish a rolling road block near 230th and Hwy48, but Culberston was able to maneuver the cycle between two patrol cars in an effort to flee, but in doing so sideswiped a Red Oak P-D cruiser. The pursuit continued through the City of Red Oak and near the edge of town to the intersection of Highways 48 and 34. The cycle turned east on 34 to Q Avenue, east of Stanton.

There, Culbertson swung wide left at about the same time a Red Oak Police Officer came up on his right. The cycle turned into the left front fender of the police cruiser, causing Culberston to lose control. He dumped the cycle into a ditch and took off southbound on foot. He then ran toward an unoccupied residence at 2258 Q Avenue, and forced his way into the home, where he hid in a closet and was ultimately taken into custody.

During their investigation, officers learned the 2005 Yamaha Venture motorcycle had been reported stolen out of Council Bluffs, on Oct. 6th. Red Oak Police were assisted during the incident, by: The Montgomery, Adams, Page and Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.