An 18-year-old Rock Island man faces multiple charges after an Iowa State Trooper says the suspect led a chase of more than 100 mph and law enforcement later found a gun with its serial numbers removed in the car.
Tavion Jefferson-Collins faces felony charges of controlled-substance violation and eluding, as well as serious misdemeanor charges of person ineligible to carry dangerous weapons, possession of a controlled substance – first offense; and possession of controlled substance – marijuana, first offense.
The arrest affidavit: The chase and what law enforcement found in the car
Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, an Iowa State Troper saw a red Chevrolet Impala headed west on Interstate 74 going over State Street in Bettendorf at a high rate of speed.
The trooper’s radar indicated a speed of 78 mph in a 55-mph work zone.
The trooper initiated a traffic stop as the vehicle exited for Kimberly Road, but the car did not stop and began to accelerate down the ramp toward Kimberly/Spruce Hills intersections.
The vehicle then went east on Spruce Hills at a speed of more than 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone.
“(Jefferson-Colllins) continued to drive in a reckless manor; making unsafe passes, failing to obey traffic control devices, driving into the opposite lanes of traffic and driving at speeds in excess of 25 mph over the
limit,” the affidavit says. The driver then made it down to State Street and began driving the wrong way on a one…
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An 18-year-old Rock Island man faces multiple charges after an Iowa State Trooper says the suspect led a chase of more than 100 mph and law enforcement later found a gun with its serial numbers removed in the car.
Tavion Jefferson-Collins faces felony charges of controlled-substance violation and eluding, as well as serious misdemeanor charges of person ineligible to carry dangerous weapons, possession of a controlled substance – first offense; and possession of controlled substance – marijuana, first offense.
The arrest affidavit: The chase and what law enforcement found in the car
Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, an Iowa State Troper saw a red Chevrolet Impala headed west on Interstate 74 going over State Street in Bettendorf at a high rate of speed.
The trooper’s radar indicated a speed of 78 mph in a 55-mph work zone.
The trooper initiated a traffic stop as the vehicle exited for Kimberly Road, but the car did not stop and began to accelerate down the ramp toward Kimberly/Spruce Hills intersections.
The vehicle then went east on Spruce Hills at a speed of more than 80 mph in a 30 mph speed zone.
“(Jefferson-Colllins) continued to drive in a reckless manor; making unsafe passes, failing to obey traffic control devices, driving into the opposite lanes of traffic and driving at speeds in excess of 25 mph over the
limit,” the affidavit says. The driver then made it down to State Street and began driving the wrong way on a one…
