LPD: Man driving stolen car from Illinois arrested in Walmart parking lot

A man is facing charges after they said he was driving a stolen car from Illinois. 

February 15, 2022Updated: February 15, 2022
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A man is facing charges after they said he was driving a stolen car from Illinois. 

Lincoln Police were at a Walmart on Monday, for an unrelated event when loss prevention personnel alerted them to a man who had tried forcing his way into the office and was a car in the parking lot. 

Officers watched as a woman left the store and got into the car. 

Police later found the car was possibly stolen and the driver, had either a real or realistic-looking handgun in the car. 

Officers were able to stop the car as it tried leaving and took the man into custody. 

Police said a realistic-looking BB gun was found and the car was stolen out of Illinois. 

The woman told officers that the man had held her against her will. 

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