Waterloo man will serve 10 years in prison for charges stemming from high speed chase

A Waterloo man was sentenced this week in Linn County District Court to 10 years in prison for crashing into three police cars during a high speed chase in Hiawatha last August.

Bobby Wolf, 31, pleaded guilty in November to first-degree criminal mischief, attempt to elude, second-degree theft, three counts of assault on a peace officer causing bodily injury and OWI, a second offense. Wolf admitted to intentionally ramming the police vehicles and to the other offenses. His first attempt to plead guilty to the charges was rejected by a judge because he didn't admit his guilt but the judge accepted his plea a few weeks later.

According to the criminal complaint, Wolf , driving a stolen Silverado truck belonging to Andersons Inc. in Waterloo, rammed the three police vehicles at Miller Road and Blairsferry Crossing in Hiawatha, after eluding police when they tried to stop him on Boyson Road.

One of the Hiawatha vehicles was a total loss at $15,082 and the other vehicle damage totaled $6,172. Police equipment also had to be replaced in both vehicles.