Man Wanted On Nationwide Warrants Arrested While Operating Carnival Rides at Orange City Tulip Festival

A Louisiana man wanted on a nationwide arrest warrant was taken into custody Saturday in northwest Iowa.

The Sioux County Sheriffโ€™s Office says 52-year-old Kyle Backhaus was arrested while operating some carnival rides Saturday during the Tulip Festival in Orange City.

Authorities say they received a tip that Backhaus, who had been evading law enforcement for four years, would be operating the rides. Sheriffโ€™s deputies wearing plain clothes coordinated efforts to locate, identify and take Backhaus into custody.

Heโ€™s being held in the Sioux County jail on the warrants.

(thanks to Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)

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