Deputies arrest individual following high-speed chase

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Deputies with the Elmore County Sheriff's Office arrested a Wendell man following a high-speed chase Tuesday afternoon.

In addition to suspected drunken driving, Adolfo Acevedo-Villanueva faces charges of leaving the scene of an accident.

The pursuit started around 3 p.m. when county dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a pickup truck traveling recklessly on the westbound side of the interstate near milepost 132.

Reports indicate the pickup truck's top speed exceeded 100 miles per hour, said Deputy Kyle Moore. In addition, Acevedo-Villanueva drove off onto the shoulder on more than one occasion, kicking up rocks and dust.

A few minutes later, the pickup then collided with a westbound semi truck around milepost 124, Moore said. Although the vehicle sustained significant front-end damage, Acevedo-Villanueva was able to continue driving.

With two additional deputies enroute, the driver turned off the interstate at Exit 121 leading into Glenns Ferry. He continued through town and turned onto Highway 30 heading toward Hammett at a high rate of speed, Moore said. Deputies stopped him near the Cold Springs Road intersection.

Acevedo-Villanueva's passenger sustained a bloody nose during the earlier collision with the semi. According to Moore, the passenger's face apparently struck the front windshield and dashboard, indicating he wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

The results of the driver's blood-alcohol content test were pending.

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    I will probably be called a racist but just curious as to his legal status? I know know one would break more than one law at a time, and we have never had any illegal hurt or kill anyone driving drunk on our Idaho roads.

    -- Posted by Trouble2011 on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 3:26 PM
  • Legal or illegal.Drunks kill people.It doesn't take citizenship to be stupid.I'm pretty sure there plenty of good Americans who have done the same thing.Looking back over my 60 plus years I can even name a few of our towns best who except for the grace of GOD would be doing a lot of time for stupid.

    -- Posted by Happy Haven on Wed, May 11, 2011, at 9:08 PM
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    Wait wait... another Wendell person, I agree what is this individuals legal status?? And will it take forever and a deal with Mexico not to prosecute them to the full extent of the law? Im sorry for throwing the bullet before pulling the trigger, but my monies on his legal status. And I think ICE needs to pay a visit to Wendell, just sayin.

    -- Posted by scoutin on Thu, May 12, 2011, at 10:43 AM
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