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Month: April 2012
Bicyclist injured in NP
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post) – A juvenile bicyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle.
According to North Platte police, a 2010 Nissan Titan driven by Clinton Wilkening was travelling east on B Street around 3:34 p.m. As Wilkening approached the intersection of B and McDonald, he paused as two bicyclists crossed heading south, and then proceeded. Wilkening did not realize that there was another bike rider trailing the first two. He struck the third bicyclist, an unidentified juvenile. The child was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. No citations were reported.
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Lincoln police say dad thwarted kidnap attempt
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Lincoln police say the father of a 3-year-old and 8-month-old reported fighting off a man who was trying to kidnap them.
The man told police he had put the children in their car seats about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday while his sport utility sat in his driveway.
He says he went back inside to get a stroller.
Capt. Jim Davidsaver says that when the man went back outside, he heard the 3-year-old screaming and saw a man inside the SUV.
Davidsaver says the father struggled with the man and punched him in the face. Then the man got on a bicycle and raced away.
No arrest has been reported.
Neb. man charged with sexual assault of girl, 8
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) – A 54-year-old western Nebraska man has been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, but the man told police the act was an accident.
Scotts Bluff County prosecutors charged Daniel Castillo with third-degree sexual assault of a child for the incident on Monday.
The girl told her mother that she awoke to Castillo doing a sexual act.
Castillo told police he was sleeping in the same bed as the girl and committed the act while dreaming.
Castillo’s attorney, Jonas Longoria, did not immediately respond to a message Thursday.
Castillo is being held on $40,000 bond.
Strong winds damage property in western Nebraska
ROSCOE, Neb. (AP) – Damage from strong winds has some residents in western Nebraska’s Keith County cleaning up.
Downburst winds of 80 mph Tuesday night nearly ripped a garage from a home and damaged cars around the unincorporated town of Roscoe.
Bonnie Johnson said that she and her husband escaped to their home’s cellar before the winds dismantled part of their attached garage, which hit the home and left a hole in its roof.
The winds also blew two vehicles off Interstate 80 near the Roscoe exit.
Trustees OK interim president at Chadron college
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska State College System board of trustees has approved the selection of a Chadron State College vice president to temporarily lead the campus.
Vice president for enrollment management and student services Randy Rhine will become the interim president of the school, which has nearly 3,000 students. He’ll serve until a new president has been hired and can begin work.
Earlier this month College President Janie Park announced her intention to retire in May.
The 65-year-old Park has led the campus since August 2005.
Thief takes copper at President Ford’s birthplace, but doesn’t fall down…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Copper thieves have targeted the birthplace of President Gerald R. Ford in Omaha.
Police are investigating missing copper from a fountain at the Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Garden.
Police say the fountain was shut off for the winter in November.
When a city employee went to open the fountain on Tuesday, she removed the cover and discovered the copper water lines had been cut and removed. A water meter and water pump were also stolen.
No arrests have been reported.
The site marks the house where Ford was born in 1913. According to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum website, Ford, the 38th president, lived in the house for two weeks. His parents separated and he and his mother settled in Michigan.
Giraffe calf at Omaha zoo dies
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A month-old giraffe calf at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo has died.
A zoo news release says the female giraffe born on March 25 died early Wednesday morning, despite round-the-clock care by zoo veterinarians and staff.
The calf had been under veterinary care for about 10 days for multiple problems, including a bacterial infection. She appeared to have recovered, but relapsed last weekend. Staff said the still-nursing calf was not gaining weight and had become less active. Staff began bottle-feeding the calf, but it grew increasingly weaker and died around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
It’s hoped a necropsy will determine the cause of death, although zoo staff say it will take weeks to receive the results.
The zoo says another giraffe born on March 16 is doing well and is on display.
You could put an eye out with that thing…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 29-year-old who used a BB gun to threaten another man has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Arthur Richardson, a transient, was sentenced on Wednesday. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault. Prosecutors had lowered the charge from felony threats and dropped a felony charge of strangulation, in return for Richardson’s plea.
Police say Richardson was walking with another man on Nov. 29 when the other man made a comment that upset Richardson. Police say Richardson pulled out what looked like a handgun and pointed it at the man’s face. The man and another struggled with Richardson for control of the weapon, but he fended them off and left. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun.