Two men suspected of attempting to steal a pickup truck in Springfield after stealing an SUV on July 11 have been apprehended in Texas, the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
About 2 a.m. that day, deputies responded to the area of Fourth and Chestnut Streets for a report of an attempted vehicle theft.
The victim said he heard his Ford F-250 truck start in the driveway and confronted one of the suspects, who was in the driver's seat.
The suspect pointed a gun at the victim, then exited the truck and got into a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ford Explorer parked on the street and drove away.
Another white Ford Explorer followed the first. A traffic stop was attempted on the stolen BNSF vehicle, but it fled from authorities. Investigators later learned the white Ford Explorer had been stolen from a nearby house on Chestnut Street.
The BNSF vehicle was later found abandoned with front-end damage near U.S. Highway 6 and 220th Street.
On Thursday, authorities, including the U.S. Marshal Service and New Braunfels Police Department in Texas, were able to arrest both suspects without incident.
One man, 21, is from Omaha, while the other, 19, is from Marion, Texas.