A Milford man was arrested yesterday after eluding police officers for almost an hour. 25 year old Juan Jesus Mata Jr. was charged with both domestic assault and interference with official acts, both serious misdemeanors. Police Chief Vernon Flack says his department was called to 1411 6th Street Lot 1-oh-7 on the report of a domestic dispute. Upon arriving the subject was gone. A short time later officers were called back to the residence and were told the man had barricaded himself in a bedroom. Officers from Arnolds Park, Okoboji, Spirit Lake, and the Dickinson County Sheriff’s office were called in for backup and broke into the room to find Mata gone. A 45 minute search of woods and ravines near the home was conducted before Mata was located, arrested, and booked into the Dickinson County jail.
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An OWI arrest in Milford has lead to multiple other charges against a different 25 year old Milford man this morning. Officer Ryan Harms reports trying to stop a vehicle driven by Heath Michael James Miller shortly after 2 o’clock this morning, but says the driver refused to stop until he arrived at 1500 6th Street in Milford. Harms called for backup from the Arnolds Park police department. After Miller stopped he was charged with OWI, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, failure to obey a traffic control device and several other traffic violations.. Upon a search of the vehicle police say they found marijuana, materials commonly used to package controlled substances, a scale, other drug paraphernalia, and cash; and charged Miller with possession of a ctonrolled substance with the intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
