A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN A MORNING PURSUIT THAT BEGAN WITH A BURGLARY IN SOUTH SIOUX AND ENDED WITH A CRASH IN SIOUX CITY.
37 YEAR OLD ERIC BISHOP IS CHARGED WITH 1ST DEGREE THEFT, RECKLESS DRIVING, SERIOUS ASSAULT, DRUG POSSESSION, FOUR COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
SOUTH SIOUX POLICE SAY BISHOP ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZED THEIR ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING AND STOLE THEIR VEHICLE.
SIOUX CITY POLICE SPOTTED THE VEHICLE AROUND 5:15 A.M. AND BEGAN A PURSUIT.
BISHOP STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE AND RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE NEAR 21ST AND LAFAYETTE, THEN FLED THE SCENE ON FOOT.
HE WAS QUICKLY CAPTURED.
POLICE SAY BISHOP IS ALSO A SUSPECT IN A RECENT STABBING AND IS FACING OTHER CHARGES IN NEBRASKA.
BISHOP IS BEING HELD IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON $28,600 BOND.
