A trucker who wanted a quick bite to eat received a citation Saturday for putting his young puppy in a quarter-slot newspaper box in Lincoln.

The trucker, Nebyou Brook, of Oakland California, wanted to grab something to eat from a fast-food restaurant. Brook said he wasn’t allowed to take the puppy inside and he didn’t want to leave him in the truck, so he inserted the required amount of quarters and placed the approximately 7-week-old terrier puppy in a newspaper sales box.

According to the Associated Press, another man saw what happened, so he put popped some coins into the box to retrieve the puppy.

The trucker was cited for animal neglect and was allowed to keep the puppy.

A Lincoln-based postal contractor who misused a gas card given to him by the U.S. Postal Service has been given three years of probation.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 73-year-old Ervin Stepanek was sentenced on Tuesday.

Stepanek told the judge he was sorry and that he accepted full responsibility for his crime. Stepanek had pleaded guilty to theft of public money.

He’s already paid back $90,000. He must pay nearly $37,000 more.

Court records say Stepanek admitted that from May 2005 until early 2008 he stole gas by misusing the card. At the time, Stepanek’s company, Blue Falcon Mail Service, had contracted to carry mail between postal outlets.

A Fremont man has won $1 million from the Nebraska Mega Millions lottery game.

The Nebraska Lottery says a ticket bought by Gerald Ritter at Tom’s Beverage Shop in Fremont matched five of the six numbers from Friday’s drawing: 6, 10, 24, 26 and 42. That won him $250,000, But he’d added the $1 Megaplier option, which multiplied the $250,000 by four.

Ritter says he and his wife, Robin Ritter, plan to pay bills and save the rest of the money for their future.