A sex offender who hadn’t registered in more than a year was arrested outside a Lincoln motel just before 6:00 Tuesday evening. LPD says an officer observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Motel 6 at 3200 NW 12th Street.
The officer ran the registration on the vehicle and found the owner, 34-year-old Nicholas Birchard, was a 25-year sex offender who had not registered since June of 2020.
The officer was able to confirm the person in the driver’s seat of the vehicle was Birchard. He was contacted in the vehicle and the officer verified that he had not registered as a sex offender. He was taken into custody without incident. At that time, the officer observed a narcotic pipe in plain view in the vehicle.
As officers attempted to get the keys to conduct a search of the vehicle, Birchard began struggling with officers and refused to give them up. Officer Erin Spilker says after getting the keys a probable cause search was conducted on the vehicle. Officers located several glass pipes with methamphetamine residue.
Birchard was arrested for Sex Offender Registry Violation -Prior Conviction, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Resisting Arrest, Obstructing Police, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.