Ex-Nebraska Wrestling Star AJ Ferrari Arrested Again After High-Speed Chase Ends in Multiple Charges

The manhunt for ex-Nebraska wrestler AJ Ferrari has ended. An arrest warrant had been issued for him by Lancaster County authorities following a domestic dispute in May in Lincoln. There were reports that he had violently assaulted an eight-month pregnant woman, and the authorities were following up on tips they had received recently. Finally, Ferrari was found hiding in a garage near Bennington.

According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the 24-year-old was taken into custody on the outstanding Lancaster County warrant, which charged him with strangulation or suffocation of a pregnant woman, third-degree domestic assault of a pregnant woman, and first-degree false imprisonment.

Investigators with the sheriff’s Special Operations Group had set up surveillance at the residence, and at around 10:42 AM, they saw a woman leave and get into a pickup truck. It was then that Ferrari could be seen crawling out of the garage to join her in the back seat. Police tracked the car and made a felony traffic arrest, after which Ferrari was booked into the Douglas County Department of Corrections…

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