Bellevue Man In High Speed Chase

Police say a man led authorities on a high-speed chase Tuesday, then head-butted a paramedic and injured the Bellevue police chief after he had been arrested. 36 year old Casey Brassfield of rural Bellevue, is charged in Iowa District Court of Jackson County with interference with official acts, inflicting serious injury, assault on persons in certain occupations-intent of injury and eluding with injury. His next court hearing is set for June 9th. He also faces multiple traffic citations. Reports say police were dispatched to Brassfield’s residence at Tuesday morning for a report from a male subject claiming to have been poisoned. Police found an extremely agitated and hallucinating Brassfield in a vehicle, and he eventually sped away southbound, into Bellevue and then onto Iowa Highway 62. After he was apprehended, he was taken to Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa for a medical evaluation, but he head-butted paramedic Nin Flagel, and in the ensuing altercation, he elbowed Bellevue Police Chief Lynn Schwager. Reports state that Schwager suffered a broken rib.