OTTUMWA MAN ACCUSED OF LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE

Ottumwa man accused of leading police on a chase

An Ottumwa man is in custody after law enforcement says he led them on a high speed chase early Monday (3/2).  Just before 4am Monday, Des Moines Police began a traffic stop on 45-year-old Tyler Shipley of Ottumwa on University Avenue.  Shipley didn’t stop and sped off—reaching speeds over 25 miles an hour over the speed limit.  The chase went on for several miles before Shipley was stopped on Highway 163 and Briggs Street, about ten miles west of Pella.  Shipley is facing charges of felony eluding, driving while barred and failing to obey a traffic control device……as well as outstanding Wapello County warrants for a parole violation and second degree theft.  Shipley is being held on over $12,000 bond in the Polk County Jail.

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