BENTONVILLE -- A Rogers man was arrested Tuesday in connection with stealing a police car.
Police were assisting firefighters at 5:20 a.m. Tuesday with a house fire at 520 E. Spring St., said Keith Foster, a spokesman for the Rogers Police Department.
Coby Hurst, who lived in the house, was taken to the Police Department to await assistance from the Red Cross, Foster said.
Hurst and an officer were walking into the department when Hurst turned around, ran back outside, jumped into the police car, and drove off at a high rate of speed, Foster said.
Hurst drove down New Hope Road then north on Interstate 49, Foster said. Rogers police officers and Benton County Sheriff's Office deputies pursued and stopped him in Bella Vista.
Hurst, 47, was arrested in connection with theft of property and possession of a controlled substance. His arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 6 in Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green's courtroom.
Foster said the incident is under investigation.
NW News on 11/13/2019