A 27-year-old man is accused of stealing a 1999 Ford Taurus and running from police early Friday.
A Lincoln police officer driving north on 14th Street toward Cornhusker Highway about 2:30 a.m. noticed the car in front of him matched the description of the one reported stolen, Officer Katie Flood said. He ran the plates, confirmed it was stolen and pulled it over, she said.
When the car stopped in the parking lot of the Sharon Motel at 1717 Cornhusker, the driver took off running and jumped a nearby fence, Flood said.Ìý
Police found Dustin Peterson hiding under an RV in a nearby parking lot and arrested him on suspicion of possession of stolen property, resisting arrest, failure to comply and giving false information.Ìý
They arrested his passenger on an outstanding warrant.
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The Taurus was reported stolen on June 4 from the 2000 block of North Cotner Boulevard.Ìý