A York woman has been arrested following a pursuit in eastern Nebraska on Monday.
The Nebraska State Patrol said in a release that around 3:45 Monday afternoon a trooper saw a Buick sedan that had been reported stolen as it traveled eastbound on Interstate 80 near Gretna. The trooper performed a traffic stop with the driver initially stopping then fled eastbound triggering a pursuit.
The driver fled at speeds above 100 miles per hour before exiting I-80 at the Highway 370 interchange. Troopers contacted Omaha Police Department’s Able-1 helicopter to assist from the air.
The suspect continued the pursuit on surface streets, at times driving on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic. The driver got back on I-80 traveling westbound then heading north on 144th street. The suspect turned into a residential neighborhood near 144th and Giles, drove through a park with kids present and then drove through multiple backyard fences. Troopers found the vehicle abandoned in the middle of the street near South 154th Avenue and Chalco Pointe Drive.
A short time later, with the assistance of K9 units, troopers found the suspect identified as 28 year old Raquel Cervantes of York and took her into custody.
Cervantes was transported to the Sarpy County Jail and faces charges of theft by receiving stolen property, flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, criminal mischief and numerous traffic violations.
