SIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man is in custody after leading police officers on a pursuit through the city's north side early Thursday in a stolen vehicle.
Ricardo Vital, 29, was booked into the Woodbury County Jail on charges of second-degree theft, operating while intoxicated, eluding, reckless driving, driving while license barred and speeding. He also had a felony warrant for a parole violation.
According to a police news release, officers made contact with Vital at 1:52 a.m., when they tried to stop a vehicle that had been reported stolen in Sioux City on Dec. 25. The driver led police on a pursuit before losing control and disabling the vehicle while attempting to turn. Vital was arrested as he got out of the vehicle.

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Nick Hytrek
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Hytrek has been at the Journal since 1998, covering courts for much of that time. He is a Nebraska native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate.
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