Man charged in chase through 3 states, including Missouri

MARYVILLE, Mo. -- Authorities in Missouri arrested a Nebraska man after a high-speed chase, saying he stole a pickup truck in his home state and eluded officers in Iowa before he was captured.

Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice on Tuesday charged Neal Alan Ulfers of Lincoln, Nebraska, with tampering and resisting arrest.

He is jailed on $15,000 bond.

Investigators allege Ulfers, 37, stole a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck Monday from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and fled from officers in southwest Iowa before entering northwest Missouri, The Maryville Daily Forum reported.

No injuries were reported during Monday's chase.

In a probable cause report, Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper Robert Dudeck alleged Ulfers drove in the wrong lane "numerous times" and drove along the shoulder, into ditches and ran stop signs.

Nebraska officers chased the vehicle to the Iowa border, where Iowa State Patrol and county officers became involved on Interstate 29 about 15 miles north of the Missouri border, Iowa trooper Corey Moore said.

Ulfers drove on several country routes in Iowa before entering Missouri on Highway 59.

Tarkio, Missouri police then took up the chase, which wound into Maryville. Officers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nodaway County Sheriff's Office and Maryville Public Safety continued the chase before a trooper in an unmarked vehicle forced Ulfers' car off the road in Maryville, according to the probable cause report.

Ulfers was arrested without incident and examined at a hospital before being taken to the Nodaway County jail.

Online court records do not name an attorney for Ulfers.

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Information from: Maryville Daily Forum, http://www.maryvilledailyforum.com