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Pursuit leads to arrests after suspects hide in cornfields
Sunday, August 2nd 2020
KEARNEY, Neb. — Two Colorado men were arrested after they allegedly led police on a pursuit and later fled into cornfields on Saturday.
According to the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), a trooper attempted to pull over a Jeep Liberty for speeding around 6:20 p.m. The vehicle was going west on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. NSP said the vehicle fled. At mile marker 305, the Liberty exited, ran through a stop sign and hit a pole on the westbound on-ramp before it went back on I-80 going west.
NSP said that the driver continued to drive recklessly and sped over 100 miles per hour.
At that point, NSP said that two men in the vehicle fled into a cornfield on foot. The NSP Aviation Support Division and Police Service Dog Division helped search for the suspects. Around three hours later, the men were found trying to hide in separate spots in fields. The two men were then arrested and taken to the Buffalo County Jail.
The driver, Christopher Cornell, 26, of Brighton, Colo., and passenger, Deoviyon Overstreet, 21, of Aurora, Colo., were arrested for possession of marijuana – between one ounce and one pound, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, violation of a protection order, possession of a firearm during a drug violation, failure to obey a lawful order and obstructing a peace officer. In addition to these charges, Cornell will also face the following charges from the pursuit: felony flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, driving during revocation, leaving the scene of an accident and numerous traffic violations.
The vehicle was stopped at mile marker 275 after the Kearney Police Department used stop sticks.
Pursuit leads to arrests after suspects hide in cornfields
Sunday, August 2nd 2020
KEARNEY, Neb. — Two Colorado men were arrested after they allegedly led police on a pursuit and later fled into cornfields on Saturday.
According to the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), a trooper attempted to pull over a Jeep Liberty for speeding around 6:20 p.m. The vehicle was going west on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. NSP said the vehicle fled. At mile marker 305, the Liberty exited, ran through a stop sign and hit a pole on the westbound on-ramp before it went back on I-80 going west.
NSP said that the driver continued to drive recklessly and sped over 100 miles per hour.
At that point, NSP said that two men in the vehicle fled into a cornfield on foot. The NSP Aviation Support Division and Police Service Dog Division helped search for the suspects. Around three hours later, the men were found trying to hide in separate spots in fields. The two men were then arrested and taken to the Buffalo County Jail.
The driver, Christopher Cornell, 26, of Brighton, Colo., and passenger, Deoviyon Overstreet, 21, of Aurora, Colo., were arrested for possession of marijuana – between one ounce and one pound, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, violation of a protection order, possession of a firearm during a drug violation, failure to obey a lawful order and obstructing a peace officer. In addition to these charges, Cornell will also face the following charges from the pursuit: felony flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, driving during revocation, leaving the scene of an accident and numerous traffic violations.
The vehicle was stopped at mile marker 275 after the Kearney Police Department used stop sticks.