(Glenwood, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 4:35-a.m. Friday (today), in Mills County, escalated into a pursuit and the arrest of a man and a woman. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports a Sergeant the the Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle refused to yield and a pursuit initiated. A short time later, the vehicle stopped, and the male driver took off on foot. His female passenger remained in the vehicle. She was taken into custody without incident.

The Mills County K9 unit, Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Iowa State Patrol and Montgomery County EMA all responded to the scene. The EMA launched their “Eagle One” drone, equipped with night vision (FLIR) technology, to locate heat signatures. After about two-minutes, the drone located a “hot spot” in the tree line, about one-half mile from where the driver abandoned the vehicle. The image showed a male laying face down.

Crowe & Hernandez (Mills County S/O booking photo)

A K9 search was formed and started down the tree line to locate the suspect. With continued assistance from the drone, the suspect – identified later as Vince Crow, of Seattle, WA, was taken into custody without further incident. An empty handgun holster was found on Crowe. The Mills County K9 “Danken” was deployed, and found the gun Crowe allegedly tossed into the tree line.

A probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted, resulting in the recovery of approximately 30.4 grams of heroin, 52.7 grams of marijuana, 90 Oxycodone pills, a small amount of meth, a digital scale, and multiple pieces of drug paraphernalia. Once at the Mills County Jail, the passenger who was in the vehicle gave a false name, but was eventually identified as Mariah Hernandez, of Dallas, Oregon.

Crow faces numerous charges, including: Felony Eluding; Possession with Intent/Heroin; Poss. w/intent-marijuana; Poss. of Oxycodone; 3 counts of Failure to Affix a drug tax stamp; Poss. of a Firearm by a convicted felon; Interference w/Official Acts, and multiple driving citations. Hernandez was charged with Poss. of Meth/3rd or subsequent offense, and providing false information to law enforcement.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office extends thanks to the aforementioned agencies for their assistance in handling the incident.