A 60-year-old Nebraska truck driver faces numerous charges, including attempted murder of a police officer, after he drove his truck toward one officer and then slammed it into two police cars before being arrested.
On Tuesday, Aug. 13 at about 6:54 p.m. the Wahoo Police Department and the Saunders County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a disturbance in Wahoo. When they arrived, Ehrlich was in his semi and drove toward an officer, who safely avoided the truck by diving behind a tree, according to a post on the Saunders County Sheriff’s Facebook page. Ehrlich then crashed into Wahoo Police Car and Saunders County Sheriff’s cars. All three vehicles came to rest in the yard of a nearby home, where the suspect exited the semi and confronted officers with a baseball bat, said the Facebook post.
He was taken into custody and. according to the sheriff’s department, charged with attempted murder of a police officer, second degree assault of a police officer, two counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony, and two counts of criminal mischief Over $5,000. Additional charges are possible, according to police.
In court, Ehrlich said he did not recall much of hat happened.
