Primghar, Iowa — A Sheldon man who led law enforcement on a chase starting in Sheldon and ending in George in April has been sentenced to prison as part of a plea agreement.
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says 42-year old Jarrod Jay Bandow faced charges in that county of eluding, a class D felony; reckless driving; numerous stop sign violations; and speeding. According to O’Brien County authorities, he was charged there with two counts of driving under suspension; violating one-way traffic; reckless driving; eluding, a class D felony; stop sign violations; speeding, and Operating While Intoxicated.
O’Brien County authorities say one of their deputies spotted a white Chevrolet S10 pickup on Highway 18 in Sheldon, that had reportedly been stolen from Estherville. When the deputy attempted to pull the truck over, the driver refused to stop, leading the deputy on a chase, northbound on Highway 60. Deputies say the pickup was at times traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the 4-lane highway. The pursuit entered Lyon County on 230th Street southeast of George. The vehicle entered George from the south on Kennedy Avenue and continued on city streets at speeds reaching 60 to 70 miles per hour at times, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.
They say Bandow was eventually taken into custody after a short foot pursuit when he exited the moving vehicle on North Dell Street and was tackled by an Iowa State Trooper. The vehicle came to rest in a snow bank approximately 30 feet from a local home, neither of which received any damage. There were no injuries as a result of the pursuit or subsequent arrest.
Lyon and O’Brien County Deputies were assisted by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol.
O’Brien County Attorney Micah Schreurs says that since either county could have charged him on any and all charges and obtained convictions, as part of a “global resolution” of Bandow’s pending criminal charges, “…the parties agreed that he would plead to an OWI in O’Brien County and an eluding charge in Lyon County.” Schreurs says Bandow will serve 98 days in jail for the OWI (the O’Brien County case), and then a prison sentence for eluding (the Lyon County case).
Court records indicate that Bandow was sentenced to a five-year prison term in Lyon County to be served concurrently with an Emmet county sentence. He must also pay a $750 fine and submit a DNA sample for profiling.
