Posted May 31, 2018 10:10pm
(MSC News)--A man suspected of the armed robbery of a Beatrice, Nebraska convenience store is in custody after leading authorities on a high speed chase across portions of southern Gage County and northern Marshall County.
23-year-old Johnathan Klein, of Beatrice, was taken into custody Wednesday on multiple charges following the chase, which reached speeds over 100 miles an hour.
Klein is accused of robbing a convenience store in downtown Beatrice late Tuesday night, leaving with a small amount of cash. No shots were fired during the robbery and no injuries reported.
Beatrice Police Chief Bruce Lang says an officer attempted to stop a car driven by Klein late Wednesday morning after he left an apartment and the chase ensued.
It ended near the Kansas-Nebraska border after a Marshall County deputy shot out two of the suspect's tires.
A passenger in the vehicle, Wesley O'Keefe Junior, was arrested on outstanding Gage County warrants.
Both men were booked into the Gage County Jail.