Kearney Police Department
On Monday, December 4th, 2023 at approximately 10:52 a.m., KPD Officers were dispatched to the 3700 blk of F Avenue on a report of a stolen vehicle. It was reported the vehicle was stolen overnight between December 3 and December 4.
At approximately 4 p.m., on December 4, 2023 officers received an alert from the citywide Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader System that the stolen vehicle was eastbound on 11th Street. Officers quickly located the vehicle in the 800 block of W 11th Street. The driver of the vehicle fled from the vehicle on foot in the 600 block of West 10th Drive. Uniform Patrol Officers established a perimeter where the subject was last seen.
A KPD Police Drone pilot and a KPD Police Service Dog responded to the scene. Police K-9 Murphy was utilized to track the suspect from the area. At approximately 4:50 p.m. a 14-year-old male was found hiding in an unlocked residential shed and apprehended without incident.
A juvenile petition has been filed with multiple local charges including Obstruction, Trespassing, and Theft by Receiving Stolen Property over $5,000.