Cedar Rapids man found with handgun, meth after high-speed chase on Interstate 380

NORTH LIBERTY - A Cedar Rapids man was found to be carrying a loaded handgun and meth after leading a state trooper on a high-speed chase.

According to Iowa State Patrol criminal complaints, around 6:44 p.m. Monday, an Iowa State Patrol trooper was northbound on Interstate 380 near the Interstate 80 interchange when he saw a motorcycle get onto I-380 from Interstate 80 west. The motorcycle driver, later identified as Jordan F. Fetter, 31, cut into the left lane and passed the trooper at 90 mph.

Authorities said the trooper followed Fetter, who was clocked at 119 mph near North Liberty. When the trooper activated his lights, Fetter allegedly looked back, accelerated and fled between cars at 144 mph.

The trooper pursued Fetter, who passed on the shoulder and in between vehicles. Authorities said the traffic cleared and Fetter reached a speed of 151 mph. The trooper was able to pass and block Fetter and slow him down.

'I could hear him screaming at me to ‘move, my mom's dying,'” the complaint reads.

The trooper slowed down to 2 mph and Fetter bumped the trooper's bumper and the trooper got out. Authorities said Fetter tipped his motorcycle over and began to back away from the trooper. When Fetter refused to comply with the trooper's orders to get to the ground, the trooper deployed a stun gun and took Fetter into custody, authorities said.

According to the criminal complaints, Fetter admitted to having drugs in his backpack, as well as a gun.

'He said the drugs were not his and he was just delivering them for someone - a story he later changed,” the complaints state.

Authorities said a loaded 9 mm handgun, brass knuckles, a tin box with a 'green leafy substance,” syringes, and a baggie of white powder Fetter said was meth were recovered from the backpack. Fetter admitted to using meth earlier in the day, authorities said. He also admitted to delivering meth to someone.

The state patrol said Fetter was previously arrested for drug possession, marijuana possession, possession of prescription drugs and possession of meth precursors, He was arrested and faces charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a firearm by a felon.

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