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Armed robbery suspect arrested after chase

(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.

 

 

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