A LeClaire man is accused of fleeing an Iowa State Patrol trooper early Monday, leading to a high-speed chase via Bettendorf and Davenport.
John Robert Grafton, 33, is charged with felony counts of eluding, second-degree legal mischief, and driving whereas intoxicated. He is also charged with 5 misdemeanors associated to the chase and is being held on $16,000 bond, Scott County information present.
Grafton was stopped at 12:55 a.m. Monday as he was touring westbound on I-74 from State Avenue in a GMC Yukon that didn’t, in accordance with the Iowa State Patrol officer, have rear registration plates displayed.
The officer stated the SUV excited I-74 on Center Highway, made a u-turn and stopped for the trooper. After the ISP officer exited his cruiser, Grafton fled the cease at a excessive charge of velocity, police stated. He then entered the eastbound portion of I-74, touring at speeds over 90 mph earlier than exiting on State Avenue.
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Grafton almost struck a Bettendorf Police cruiser head on, police stated, and drove ” … via the yard of 644 Brown Avenue in Bettendorf, inflicting injury to landscaping and yard with an estimate in extra of $1,500.”
The pursuit ended close to the intersection of River Drive and 4th Avenue when Grafton failed to keep up management of the Yukon and struck the curb, ” … with sufficient drive to tear the tire and rim off of the rear of the SUV. The driving force continued to try to speed up however the car would take no extra abuse and have become disabled,” in accordance with a report.
“Grafton confirmed a number of clues of impairment, together with however not restricted to: a powerful odor of alcohol emanating from his particular person, impaired stability, brief time period reminiscence points,” police wrote in an arrest report.
He had 18 particular person bottles of 99-proof alcohol, stories state, and Grafton’s blood-alcohol content material was .179. The authorized restrict for driving is .08.
Grafton later admitted to fleeing a visitors cease in October 2022. The arresting ISP officer was the officer whom he led on that chase as effectively, police stated.