High-speed chase ends when suspect becomes bogged down in muddy field

STODDARD COUNTY, Mo. -- A high-speed chase involving a Bell City, Mo., deputy and an Advance, Mo., deputy ended near the small community of Ardeola, Mo., Monday afternoon with one man arrested.

Shawn Yount, 37, of Bell City, was arrested and placed in the Stoddard County jail after he allegedly led officers on a chase through a rural area east of Highway 25 near the area of Bell City and Highway 91.

According the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department, the chase began in Bell City when an off-duty officer there spotted Yount in town and, realizing was wanted by Scott County authorities, attempted to pull over Yount's vehicle. When the vehicle would not yield to the officer, an Advance deputy was called in and the two pursued Yount as he headed west out of the downtown area.

Sheriff's officers were called to assist, and following a chase involving speeds exceeding 90 miles per hour, Yount was apprehended in a cornfield after he fled on foot when his truck became buried in the muddy field. With a train across the railroad tracks in Ardeola, he allegedly attempted to flee through a field, but recent floodwaters thwarted that plan.

Yount is being held at the county jail charged with probation violation. No bond has been set.