(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Polk County was arrested following a pursuit that began just before 9-p.m., Monday, with an attempted traffic stop. Authorities say when Deputies initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed in the 2200 block of Highway 34, the vehicle continued west into Red Oak before heading back east on Highway 34 at speeds of up to 140 mph.

The vehicle continued into Adams County before it stopped in the 1900 block of Highway 34. The suspect driver, 28-year-old Seth Hankins, of Des Moines, was arrested on charges that include: OWI/2nd offense; Driving while license is barred; and Eluding – Speed of 25 mph over/2nd offense. Hankins was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

Agencies assisting the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office during the incident, included:

• The Montgomery County Communications Center
• Red Oak Police
• Adams County Sheriff’s Office/Comm. Center
• Taylor County Sheriff’s Office
• Iowa State Patrol.