A 42-year-old North Platte man is facing numerous charges after he allegedly stole a pickup from the Great Plains Health parking lot.

At around 12:39 a.m., on Monday, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a 2006 Dodge Ram for driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the 1500 block of South Jeffers.

The driver was contacted and identified as Jeremy Housman.

According to Investigator John Deal, the officer reported that Housman displayed several signs of intoxication, but refused to comply with the officers request for a field sobriety test or a preliminary breath test.

As a result, Housman was placed under arrest for DUI and refusal to submit to a chemical test, but officers say he was uncooperative and force had to be used to secure him.

Housman told the officer that he had just left the hospital after receiving treatment for an unspecified medical condition.

However, further investigation revealed that the pickup Housman was driving wasn’t registered to him

The officer contacted staff at the hospital, who advised that they had seen Housman get into the pickup, but said they didn’t believe it was his.

It was soon discovered that the owner of the pickup was in the hospital for treatment, and had left the pickup parked outside the Emergency Department with the keys in it.

A charge of vehicle theft was added to the initial charges from the traffic stop, and Housman was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center.

According to jail records, no bond has been set.