NPD: Norfolk man arrested at hotel for outstanding warrant, resisting arrest, meth

NORFOLK, Neb. -- A northeast Nebraska man is in custody after police reportedly found meth during an arrest at a Norfolk hotel.

Just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Norfolk Police officers attempted to serve an active Madison County arrest warrant on 39-year-old Nathan Eschliman. Officers knocked on a hotel room in the 1200 block of S. 13th Street before being allowed inside, according to Norfolk Police Capt. Michael Bauer.

Bauer stated that Eschliman was hiding under a bed and was instructed to come out from underneath it. According to NPD, Eschliman initially refused, but later complied.

Norfolk Police accounts state that Eschliman refused to show the officers his hands, and then reached under the bed and placed his hands in the waistband of his pants.

Officers deployed a TASER device and took him into custody. NPD reports state that Eschliman continued to resist afterward.

Officers searched under the bed where he had been hiding and recovered a black zipper pouch containing methamphetamine and a syringe, according to Bauer.

Eschliman was arrested for the Madison County warrant, obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest and possession of a controlled substance. He was housed in the Norfolk City Jail and later transferred to the Madison County Jail.