Traffic stop leads to Federal Warrants arrest

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - A traffic stop in downtown Cedar Rapids on Friday night resulted in the arrest of a Tennessee man on federal warrants.

Officers stopped a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Torrance T. Brown of Chattanooga, Tennessee around 7:48 p.m. Friday night.

Police say Brown was asked several times to get out of his vehicle but refused and continued to refuse after warning they would release a K9 into the vehicle.

Brown was eventually apprehended with assistance from the K9 and arrested on federal warrants for heroin distribution and a local charge of interference with official acts.

Brown was taken to the hospital for treatment of the dog bite and then taken to the Linn County Jail.


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