Three Nebraska law enforcement agencies teamed up on Tuesday to search for a Lincoln man suspected of stealing a catalytic converter from a residence near Southwest 56th and West A streets.Â
Lancaster County Sheriff's Capt. Tom Brookhouser said deputies partnered with Lincoln Police and the Nebraska State Patrol, employing K9 units and the patrol's helicopter to find the man who was seen walking with a catalytic converter and a saw at about 2 p.m. Tuesday.Â
Brookhouser said the 35-year-old man was confronted in the 5500 block of West A Street before he threw the saw and converter into his Honda Pilot and sped away. He hit a trash can and rolled the SUV into a ditch nearby.Â
That's when the three agencies set up a perimeter and scanned the area for nearly an hour, Brookhouser said, before they found Daniel Vanwey hiding underneath a tractor in a field near Southwest 45th and West A streets. Vanwey had a pipe with residue on it that pretested positive for methamphetamine, Brookhouser said.
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Brookhouser said Vanwey was hiding with a 40-year-old man who fled with him from the Honda when it rolled.
Vanwey was arrested on suspicion of second-degree trespassing, obstructing a peace officer, possession of a controlled substance and leaving the scene of an injury accident. He was also cited for misdemeanor theft.
The 40-year-old man was cited on suspicion of trespassing and obstructing a peace officer, both misdemeanors. Both men were taken to a local hospital before they were transported to the Lancaster County Jail.Â
Brookhouser said a search of the Honda turned up tools, but no catalytic converter.Â