Armed Suspect Arrested at 1st Interstate Inn

By David Leavitt

APD Chief

On Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, at approximately 6:30 a.m. Officer Parker Dahlberg was patrolling in the area of the 1st Interstate Inn on W. 3rd St. Officer Dahlberg observed Filisika Lasike M/O DOB 02/07/1987 standing in the parking lot outside one of the rooms at the 1st Interstate Inn. The suspect was armed with two large kitchen knives and stated he had been living in one of the rooms at the abandoned motel since he got out of jail a couple weeks ago. A warrant check revealed that the suspect was wanted on multiple warrants including felony child abuse, 3rd degree domestic assault and disturbing the peace. The suspect was arrested and transported to the Box Butte County Jail without incident.