Ralston police said Friday the driver who struck an officer in an apartment complex parking lot Thursday morning has been arrested.
Twenty-eight-year-old William Shea was booked on one count of first-degree assault on a police officer and one count of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, both felony charges.
The officer who was hit suffered scrapes and bruises.
The officer, whose name has not been released, was checking on the well being of a man inside a vehicle parked in the lot near 74th and Q streets. When he awakened the man, they talked for a few minutes when the driver suddenly put the car in gear and took off, dragging the officer a short distance before he fell to the pavement.
The gray or green stolen Honda Accord Shea was driving with the grill and front bumper missing, displaying stolen Nebraska license plate SVU-428, has not been found. Anyone with information on the location of the vehicle is asked to contact the Ralston Police Department at 402-331-1786 or 402-444-5802.
