Rock Rapids, Iowa — A Baltic, South Dakota man is behind bars in Rock Rapids after a report of a suspicious vehicle and a slow-speed pursuit.
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Tuesday, April 16th, they received a report of a suspicious person at Sunshine Foods in Rock Rapids. Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep says the report alleged that the suspect was “looking through cars in the parking lot.”
The responding deputy located the suspect vehicle just as it was leaving the parking lot. The deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver, later identified as Scott Keith of Baltic, SD, led the deputy on a pursuit through Rock Rapids before exiting the vehicle and being apprehended in the 800 block of South Greene Street. As a result, Keith was charged with serious misdemeanor counts of Eluding, Interference with Official Acts Causing Bodily Injury, Possession of a Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine, and Possession of a Controlled Substance-Other Schedule IV. He was also charged with simple misdemeanor counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Interference With Official Acts, Violation of Financial Liability Coverage, Failure to Carry Registration Card, Failure to Display Registration Plate, and Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle.
They tell us they booked Keith into the Lyon County Jail, where at last report, he remained. The sheriff’s office reports that Trackside Towing assisted them and that more charges are pending.
