Branch County Sheriff's Department patch BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) â An Angola, Indiana man charged in connection with a brief high speed chase in two counties last October was booked into the Branch County Jail last Friday. 40-year-old Russell Toon is facing Branch County charges of third degree fleeing and eluding and a second offense of driving while his license was suspended. He was arraigned last Friday in Branch County District Court where his bond was set at $25,000. The pursuit started in Bethel Township and ended south of Lake Pleasant in Steuben County. Toon was wanted on a Branch County fugitive warrant at the time. Police say speeds reached as high as almost 110 miles an hour.