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Atchison pursuit ends with VF man in custody

By Brian Hagen

06/10/2025

Daryl Branstetter/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff

(KAIR)--A Valley Falls man who allegedly failed to stop for Sheriff's Deputies after speeding through an Atchison construction zone is facing charges in connection with what authorities say was a traffic stop turned pursuit along U.S. Highway 59 Saturday afternoon.

A release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie says the deputy, eastbound in the 1600 block of the highway around 3:00, spotted a speeding westbound pickup truck, with radar showing the truck to be traveling 63 mph through the 30 mph work zone in the 1400 block of the highway.

Activating lights and sirens, the deputy attempted to stop the truck, traveling west/south, with the pursuit ending when the truck stopped at the highway construction traffic light, located north of Neosho Road.

It was there, the release says, the pickup's driver, 46-year-old Daryl Branstetter, was taken into custody on charges including transporting an open container, driving under the influence, flee and attempt to elude law enforcement, and other related traffic charges.

Following his arrest, Branstetter was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

According to Laurie, the Kansas Highway Patrol assisted at the scene of the pursuit.

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