(Adair Co.) A Creston man was arrested following a pursuit that began in Adair County.
On Saturday, November 13, at approximately 10:48 a.m., the Adair County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a Ford F-150 pickup having been recently stolen from a rural residence southeast of Orient.
At approximately 1:15 p.m., an Adair County Deputy ran the vehicle identification number (VIN) of a Dodge pickup that was in a roadside ditch, east of Zion. The check of the VIN indicated that the Dodge pickup had been reported as stolen to the West Des Moines Police Department the day prior.
At approximately 3:47 p.m., while still on scene with the stolen Dodge pickup, the Deputy observed the stolen Ford pickup drive by. The deputy activated his emergency lights, but the driver of the stolen Ford failed to yield and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit traveled south into Union County, lasting approximately 15 minutes before the driver of the stolen F-150 fled on foot.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa DNR and the Iowa State Patrol assisted in the search. A call from a concerned citizen led to the suspect being located approximately one mile from the location where he originally fled on foot.
The driver of the stolen vehicle was identified as 27-year-old Wyatt Schamp of Creston, Iowa. Schamp was charged with possessing both the stolen Dodge and the stolen Ford pickups. Bond was set at $10,000 cash or surety.
