By Beacon Staff
The target of a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking investigation is at large after a high-speed chase across Burlington Sunday, March 13.
The chase started when Des Moines County Sheriff's deputies began pursuing 34-year-old Larry Keith Knotts – a known wanted subject. According to a press release from the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office, Knotts is also known to be armed and dangerous and has made threats directly to area law enforcement.
The pursuit, which involved the Burlington and West Burlington Police Departments, was kept largely within Burlington city limits until Knotts was able to lose police through high speeds and reckless driving.
Officers then located the fleeing vehicle parked in the area of 1511 Gnahn St., the known address of the suspect’s mother. Deputies gathered a witness statement of the suspect leaving the vehicle and heading toward the residence from the vehicle. A search warrant was then obtained and executed on the residence. The Des Moines County Tactical Response Team made entry into the residence, but Knotts was not located.
Two days prior, on Friday, March 12, tactical teams from the Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office, the Burlington Police Department, and the Iowa State Patrol executed search warrants at Knotts’ known residences in response to an ongoing narcotics investigation. Knotts was the target for arrest.