LSO Arrests Omaha Man Following Tuesday Morning Pursuit

LINCOLN—(KFOR Sept. 22)–A 30-year-old Omaha man with several felony warrants and wanted by authorities in Omaha ended up being captured following a collision on the north edge of Lincoln on Tuesday morning.

Lancaster County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ben Houchin says Travon Green was seen by Metro Fugitive Task Force members in Omaha leaving a home near 39th and Ames around 8am Tuesday and get into red Nissan Sentra. Task force members tried to box Green in and he hit one of their vehicles and took off. Houchin says the Lincoln-Lancaster County Metro Fugitive Task Force and Criminal Interdiction Unit were notified to be on the lookout for Green’s vehicle along Interstate 80.

The vehicle was seen at the Waverly exit, according to Houchin and a pursuit was initiated, with speeds reaching 90 to 100 mph before Green’s vehicle exited the interstate at the 56th Street/Highway 77 interchange and immediately got into a crash with an SUV and semi-truck, after running a red light at the exit. Houchin says no one was hurt in the collision and Green’s vehicle that he was driving was totaled…

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