The Harlan Police Department has provided an update to a report we posted online Sunday night and our broadcast reports this (Monday) morning. Authorities say at around 5-p.m. Sunday, officers with the Harlan PD and Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputies were made aware of a vehicle in Shelby County that may have been involved in pursuits with at least two other law enforcement agencies. At 5:23-p.m., a Harlan officer saw a vehicle that matched the description as it was eastbound on Highway 44, leaving Harlan. A Harlan Officer attempted to stop the vehicle pursuant to a traffic violation. The vehicle sped up and a pursuit ensued with speeds reaching 120 mph.

The vehicle made numerous traffic violations and at one point was in a field in an attempt to elude law enforcement. Eventually the vehicle was stopped in a ditch approximately ½ mile west of Highway 173 on Highway 83, in Cass County. The pursuit lasted approximately 43 minutes. The suspect, who was identified as 39-year old Myron Lee Brandon, of Council Bluffs, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital and subsequently flown by helicopter to Nebraska Medical Center in an unknown condition.

Brandon faces charges that include Felony Eluding, possession of methamphetamine, Prohibited Acts, and no fewer than 8 traffic violations. He remains at the Nebraska Medical Center. Warrants will be issued and served upon his release. The case remains under investigation and more charges are possible. The H-PD was assisted by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Atlantic Police, Audubon County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa State Patrol, Atlantic Medivac, and Marne Fire and Rescue.