NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-A North Platte woman was arrested after fleeing from police in a vehicle.
According to North Platte Police, on April 10, 2020, at 2:42 a.m., Officers observed a female known to them as 26-year-old Karen Currie, operating a vehicle near Philip and Dewey. Officers were looking for Currie due to her involvement in a prior disturbance and were also aware she was driving on a revoked driver's license.
According to police, an officer initiated a traffic stop but the vehicle did not stop. The vehicle fled to a residence in the 800 Block of South Chestnut. The vehicle pulled into a garage and Currie exited the vehicle quickly and shut the garage door.
Police say officers secured the outside of the residence but Currie refused to come out. Officers also detected the odor of marijuana coming from the residence at this time.
Officers then requested a search warrant for the house which was granted. The search warrant was executed on the house where Currie was located inside. Currie continued to be uncooperative and verbally berate officers.
Police say Currie physically resisted the officers' attempts to arrest her but was eventually taken into custody with no injuries to officers or herself.
During the search of the residence, Officers also located 21-year-old Brody Witte, who had active Lincoln County Warrants. Witte was taken into custody without incident.
Officers continued searching the home where they located marijuana, suspected cocaine, and other items associated with narcotics.
Currie was arrested on suspicion of 3rd-degree assault, driving under revocation, resisting arrest, and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest.
Witte was arrested for the warrants. Both were incarcerated at the Lincoln County Jail.
While waiting for the search warrant, Officers made contact with 23-year-old Charles Robinson outside the residence. Robinson was given orders by officers to leave the property as a search warrant was being requested. Robinson defied several orders and attempted to enter the home.
Robinson was detained and eventually cited and released for obstructing a police officer
The investigation is still ongoing and charges are pending.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and Nebraska State Patrol also assisted during this incident.