Two Arrested Following Pursuit
05/22/2017
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Sean Bruce
Ashlea Thacker

(KLZA)-- Two people were arrested in Nemaha County, Nebraska, Sunday, after a suspected stolen pickup backed into a deputy’s cruiser and fled

According to release from the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office, a call was received mid-morning Sunday, reporting that a pickup stolen from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was believed to be in the Auburn area.

A deputy attempted to stop the alleged stolen pickup in Auburn.  The driver backed the pickup into the front of the deputy’s cruiser.  The deputy pursued the pickup south and east of Auburn on county roads.  The pursuit was halted due to road conditions.

A track indicating a high-speed turn was located and soon afterward a fire was noticed.

The stolen pickup was found, burned out, in a bean field.  21-year-old Ashlea Thacker of Belle Plaine, Kansas, believed to have been a passenger in the pickup was taken into custody shortly after the burning pickup was found. 

24-year-old Sean Bruce of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was arrested shortly before noon on an outstanding warrant out of Sarpy County, Nebraska.  

The Sheriff’s office credits alert and observant citizens for assisting in the investigation of the events.  

A burglary was reported in north Auburn around noon.  Based on information from the investigation and witnesses, Bruce was booked on charges relating to the cruiser being rammed, the pursuit and the burglary. 

Bother Bruce and Thacker were in jail as of Monday morning in Nemaha County.