12/20/20
A wanted Coralville man has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a chase earlier this week.
23-year-old Jamaal Brooks was booked into the Johnson County Jail just after 7:30 Friday night. Iowa City Police say Brooks was the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta that sped by an officer parked near the corner of Muscatine Avenue and 4
th Avenue just after 8:15 Wednesday night. The officer in the patrol car said his vehicle shook as Brooks sped by, leading him to turn on his radar and clock Brooks doing 53 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone.
When the officer activated his lights and siren, Brooks allegedly turned down a side street. The officer caught up to him on F Street, but Brooks allegedly turned off his headlights, accelerated to 60 miles per hour and turned southbound onto 6