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6/19/22
Leading a police chase while on a moped just two weeks after being sentenced for an earlier police chase has led to an Iowa City man’s arrest.
Iowa City Police say they observed 27-year-old Carlos Garza of the Cole’s manufactured housing community driving a moped northbound on Riverside Drive near the Iowa City Municipal Airport just before 9:15 Friday night. Garza’s moped did not have a safety flag, so officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop.
Garza allegedly ignored the officer’s lights and siren and turned down Ruppert Road, then into the Alexis Park Inn parking lot before finally driving across the grass before being taken into custody around the corner of the building.
Garza is charged with 2nd Offense Eluding, Driving While Barred and Driving While Suspended. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum of five years in prison.
On June 3rd Garza was sentenced to 60 days in jail with all but seven suspended after he led police on a chase from Oak Crest Hill Road to the Lake Ridge manufactured housing community last December.
