Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol and Seward County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a driver and located a missing teenager following a pursuit on Interstate 80 Sunday evening.
At approximately 8:40 p.m. a trooper observed an eastbound Honda Civic speeding on I-80 near Bradshaw. The trooper tried to stop the car, but the driver refused to yield and accelerated to over 100 miles per hour. The trooper then initiated a pursuit, which lasted about 22 minutes.
Another trooper was able to successfully deploy stop sticks to bring the vehicle to a stop near mile marker 383. The driver and front seat passenger got out and ran across the westbound lanes of I-80. Both were quickly taken into custody by additional troopers and Seward County deputies.
A second passenger remained in the vehicle and was taken into custody without incident. The vehicle was determined to be stolen. The driver, 27 year old Edwin Portillo Barrientos of Lincoln, was arrested for driving with a revoked license, flight to avoid arrest, willful reckless driving, theft by receiving stolen property over $5,000 and multiple outstanding warrants. He was booked into the York County Jail.
The passenger who fled, a 17-year-old female, had been reported missing. She was booked at the Lancaster County Youth Attention Center for an outstanding warrant. The second passenger was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and released.