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3 Juveniles arrested after two-county pursuit over the weekend

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October 28th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies engaged in a pursuit Saturday that entered the County from Page County. The S/O was notified about the pursuit at around 6:30-p.m. Page County authorities pursued the vehicle north of New Market. The vehicle being pursued was silver 2003 BMW. For a short time location of the BMW was unknown before deputies with Taylor County located the vehicle north of New Market on Badger Avenue at the intersection with 205th.BMW

Deputies pursued the vehicle south on Badger. The vehicle went into New Market and was traveling at an estimated 90-100 miles per hour through New Market. The pursuit continued east from New Market on 220th to Diamond Avenue and south onto State Hwy 2 and eastbound. The BMW eventually started to slow down, believed to have run out of fuel, near the intersection of Hwy 2 and Franklin Avenue. The vehicle came to a stop on the shoulder near this intersection.

Three Juveniles were indentified in the BMW. Two of the juveniles were taken into custody. One of the juveniles was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and released to parents. The other juvenile, Brett Eickemeyer of Clarinda was charged with Eluding and detained at Eldora Juvenile facility until being released to Jay Eickemeyer. Further traffic citations are likely to be filed in this case.