North Liberty man given suspended sentence in police chase case
Lang
4/20/19
A North Liberty man who led police on a high-speed chase has been given a suspended sentence.
30-year-old Steven Myers, Jr. of the Golfview manufactured housing community reached a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this week. Online records show he was given a two-year suspended sentence on charges of Eluding at Speeds Over 25 Miles Per Hour Over the Speed Limit, 3rd Degree Criminal Mischief, and Assault On Persons In Certain Occupations Causing Injury. Myers had initially been charged with Felonious Eluding, 2nd Degree Criminal Mischief, Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations While Using a Weapon, 1st Offense Possession of a Controlled Substance, and numerous traffic violations.
Police say they attempted to conduct a traffic stop of Myers’ vehicle at Highway 965 and Hawkeye Drive – the entrance to Golfview – about 11 p.m. on March 18th, 2018. But when the officer activated his lights and siren, Myers allegedly took off at a high rate of speed, with the chase reaching speeds of 115 miles per hour on 55 mile-per-hour roads.
Myers is also accused of intentionally driving at one officer who was laying down stop sticks on Highway 6 near Kent Park. He swerved at the last moment and narrowly avoided hitting that officer and his vehicle but is accused of intentionally causing a later crash on Ivy Avenue when he suddenly slammed on his brakes, causing a pursuing police vehicle to rear-end his Pontiac Sunfire.
Myers then took off again and police called off the chase. Police say the patrol car suffered approximately $8200 in damage.
After police identified Myers as a suspect, they conducted a search of his vehicle, saying they found a baggie containing methamphetamine inside.