A CLEVELAND, OHIO MAN IS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A PURSUIT IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ON MONDAY.
TROOPERS WITH THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL WERE NOTIFIED AROUND 3:20 P.M. THAT THURSTON COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE IN PURSUIT OF A FORD FOCUS ON HIGHWAY 9 NEAR EMERSON.
AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED DAKOTA COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 35, A TROOPER SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED STOP STICKS TO SLOW THE VEHICLE. TROOPERS THEN TOOK OVER THE PURSUIT.
ONE MILE LATER THE VEHICLE DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY INTO A RAVINE.
THE DRIVER, 50 -YEAR-OLD KERRY MOORE, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE ON FOOT, BUT THAT ENDED WHEN A TROOPER DEPLOYED A TASER.
MOORE WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED AT THE PENDER HOSPITAL AND THEN TURNED OVER TO THE THURSTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR CHARGES.
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