Update 8/13:   An Update from Officer Rodney Brown reports that as of today when the report was filed approximately 200 reports regarding the vandalism of business windows and vehicle windows were reported. The BB gun damage totals to nearly $62,000.00.

Not all incidents are done being processed, and investigators have yet to receive all official estimates so the number of total damage value may grow.

No information regarding charges have been released.

Anyone who is a victim should turn in a receipt of repair from a glass specialist to the North Platte Police Department.

Update (Rod Brown) (8/7) 6PM: The following businesses were affected in the BB gun window shooting

Update(8/7) 8AM:An update from Rod Brown of North Platte Police Dpt. so far around 180 cases have been reported so far, though reports are not yet finished.

North Platte Neb.(NORTH PLATTE POST)-

North Platte Police have been responding to calls across North Platte that report vandalism to commercial and vehicle vandalism. Officers are still responding to calls as of 11:30 am Monday.

A release from the N.P.P.D. says

“At around 1245 AM an Officer from the North Platte Police Department responded to the parking lot of the Platte River Mall in regards to vandalism to a vehicle.  The juvenile victim alleged that unknown persons had slit both rear tires and damaged several windows with what appeared to be a blunt object.”

This was only one of countless calls officers responded to throughout the morning hours that led to the arrest of one adult male who was in partnership with three juveniles.

Reports suggested that the suspects were traveling in a light colored van. Around 3:30 AM a NPPD investigator stopped a “light gray” colored Chevrolet Lumina van that matched the description driven by 20 year old Justin Belsky.

Belsky notified the officer that he had BB guns in the van, along with three juveniles.

After further investigation officers arrested Belsky on probable cause of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Belsky was then jailed in Lincoln County Detention Center.

None of the suspects have been cited because the total value of damages are at this point unknown as officers continue to respond to calls. One of the juveniles was cited for  Curfew Violation. All three juveniles were released to their parent or guardian.
At this point officers have responded to a total of 125 reports and the number may continue to grow.

Become an Insider, if you are a victim send us the picture and we will post it.

https://www.northplattepost.com/become-a-post-insider/

North Platte,Neb. -(NSP) A motorcycle rider is jailed after leading troopers on a Monday morning pursuit on I-80 in Lincoln County.

Just before 9:30 a.m., Monday, August 13, the Nebraska State Patrol Troop D Headquarters – North Platte was alerted by a motorist to a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed headed west on I-80.

A trooper observed a westbound 2002 Suzuki motorcycle about seven miles east of North Platte near mm 185. The motorcycle was clocked it at 105 mph. The trooper attempted a traffic stop. The motorcycle failed to stop and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit continued down I-80 and came to an end when the motorcycle driver pulled off the road at the Hershey exit.

The driver of the motorcycle, Erick R. Osborne, 29, El Paso, Texas, was lodged in the Lincoln County Jail on charges to include speeding, flight to avoid arrest, and willful reckless driving.

The pursuit lasted approximately 10 minutes and reached speeds up to 145 mph.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters from more than a dozen departments have controlled a grass fire that blackened an estimated 10½ square miles near Ogallala in western Nebraska’s Keith County.

Officials blame a hot wheel bearing on a trailer for starting the blaze on Sunday south of U.S. Highway 30, near Nebraska Highway 61.

No injuries and no damage to structures have been reported.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Record drought this summer seems to have brought nothing but bad news to farmers and homeowners in Nebraska. But at least one insect expert his found a silver lining: fewer grasshoppers.

Entomologist Dave Boxler tells local reporters that the drought has kept grasshopper numbers low in central Nebraska.

Boxler says Lincoln County, where he’s based, saw large numbers of grasshoppers last year, and experts were expecting big numbers again in the area this summer.

But above-average temperatures in March caused grasshopper eggs to hatch early, and cold spells in April killed many of them. The extreme drought this summer has killed many of the ones that survived.

BROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska High School Small Bore Rifle Silhouette Championship is scheduled to be held next month at Pressey Wildlife Management Area.

The wildlife area sits between Broken Bow and Lexington in central Nebraska.

The meet is scheduled for Sept. 29 and is open to all hunter education graduates who are at least 11 years of age but have not graduated from high school. Proof of hunter education certification is required.

Registration can be done by calling Matthew Haumont at 308-872-2348. There is no entry fee.