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Iowa Man Gets Prison for Assaulting Boys in Nebraska and Iowa

Robert Schuster
Robert Schuster

An Iowa man has been sentenced to 50 to 70 years in prison for sexually assaulting two boys between 2004 and 2012.

Robert Schuster, who turns 33 on Tuesday, pleaded no contest to first-degree sexual assault. He was sentenced Monday.

Authorities found seven other potential victims in addition to the boys Schuster is convicted of abusing.

Additionally Schuster has been sentenced to 10-to-30 years in prison in Iowa for assaulting two boys during overnight trips to his apartment in Council Bluffs. He’ll serve that sentence at the same time as the Nebraska one.

Lancaster County District Judge John Colborn says the long sentences reflect the seriousness of Schuster’s crimes and the need to protect the public.

Wahoo Woman Escapes Handcuffs, Steals Cruiser

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(AP) — An eastern Nebraska woman arrested over the weekend has been accused of slipping out of her handcuffs and taking off in a deputy’s cruiser.

Authorities in Saunders County say 23-year-old Jessica Lewin, of Ashland, was arrested Sunday night following a disturbance report.

Lewin is accused of slipping out of her handcuffs as a deputy gathered information from witnesses. Levin also is accused of getting into the patrol car and driving away.

Authorities say Lewin later jumped out of the car following a short pursuit and was found inside a van at a nearby farmstead.

Lewin faces several charges, including theft, possession of a controlled substance and driving under suspension. Court records do not list an attorney.

NTSB Urges Changes After Five Near Collisions Between Airliners

NTSB(AP) — Federal accident investigators are urging the adoption of new air traffic control procedures for handling aborted landings after five near collisions involving airliners.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a letter Monday to the Federal Aviation Administration that current procedures should be modified so that in cases where two planes are departing at once, controllers shouldn’t also clear a plane to land at a time it would create the potential for a collision if the flight crew of the landing plane decides to abort the landing and go around for another attempt.

NTSB said there were four such near collisions last year: two in Las Vegas, and one each in New York and Charlotte, N.C. There was also a similar near collision in Las Vegas in 2006.

400 Firefighters Now Battling Arizona Blaze That Killed 19

fire-graphic(AP) — Four hundred firefighters are now battling the Arizona wildfire that killed 19 firefighters.

Yavapai Community Health Services says 200 more firefighters have joined the fight. Hundreds of people are evacuated, and shelters are set up for residents.

An automated call warning people to evacuate was sent, and sheriff’s officers are going door-to-door to make sure people get out of their homes.

The lightning-sparked fire — which had exploded to about 13 square miles by Monday morning — destroyed about 50 homes and threatened 250 others in and around Yarnell, a town of 700 people in the mountains about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Fremont Teen Charged with Racing Before Fatal Crash

fatal-accident(AP) — A Fremont teenager has been accused of drag racing with other teenagers before a fatal crash in June.

Court records show 16-year-old Quinton Amundson has been charged with willful reckless driving, racing on the highway and driving left of the center line.  Amundson has been charged as an adult.

Three 16-year-old students were killed and another seriously hurt in the June 3 crash southeast of Fremont.

Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass says Amundson was driving a Camaro and racing a Ford Mustang driven by one of the victims. The Mustang lost control and crashed.

Amundson is scheduled for a July 23 arraignment in Dodge County Court. Records do not list an attorney.

Drug Overdose Killed Kriss Kross Rapper

kriss-kross(AP) — A medical examiner’s investigator says Chris Kelly of the ’90s rap duo Kriss Kross died of a drug overdose.

Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office in Atlanta said Monday that a toxicology screening showed the 34-year-old Kelly had a mixture of drugs in his system when he was pronounced dead on May 1. However, Honey said she did not know which specific drugs Kelly had used.

A police report says Kelly’s mother told investigators her son used cocaine and heroin the night before he died and had a history of drug abuse.

Kelly, known as “Mac Daddy,” performed alongside Chris Smith, known as “Daddy Mac,” in the early and mid-1990s. The duo was remembered for the song “Jump” from their 1992 debut album, “Totally Krossed Out.”

Nebraska Crops Progressing, Heat Stress in the West

usda(AP) — Above normal temperatures combined with limited rainfall across the western two-thirds of Nebraska continue to stress spring planted crops and limit pasture growth.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly report Monday that corn is 78 percent good or excellent and 19 percent fair. Three percent is rated poor.

Soybeans are 97 percent emerged slightly behind the 99 percent average. Two percent of the crop was blooming behind the 9 percent average. The report says 78 percent is good or excellent and 20 percent fair. Only 2 percent is poor.

A few southern wheat fields are cut. Harvest will gain momentum in southern counties in the coming days. The Panhandle wheat harvest is at least two weeks away.

Hay harvest continues in the state.

 

Firefighters Stop Fire at Lincoln Catholic School

lincoln-fire-department(AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a basement fire at a Catholic school in Lincoln.

Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire Monday afternoon at Cathedral of the Risen Christ School. It was contained a half hour later.

Officials say the fire started in the boiler room as construction workers replaced the school’s heating and air conditioning system. Sparks from a demolition saw ignited a stack of floor buffing pads.

No students were at the school during the fire, which created smoke throughout the building and caused water damage. No injuries were reported.

NP Man Charged with False Imprisonment, Domestic Assault

Nathan Snider
Nathan Snider

A North Platte man was jailed on felony charges after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend.

On Saturday, June 29, at around 8:40 p.m., a female went to the North Platte Police Department and asked to speak to an Officer in regards to an assault that had taken place at a residence in the 800 block of  East E Street in North Platte.

The victim told the responding officer that she had been threatened, hit and held against her will by her boyfriend, Nathan Snider, whom she shared the residence with.

Officers eventually located Snider at the home, where they placed him under arrest.

Snider had prior charges for assaulting the same victim, which made the crime a felony.

Snider was charged with Felony Assault and False Imprisonment for holding the victim against her will.

 

NP Man Charged with Felonies After Assault on Girlfriend

Jeremiah Bloxton
Jeremiah Bloxton

A North Platte man is facing serious felony charges after Police say he beat his girlfriend off and on for over two hours.

At around 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 28, North Platte Police responded to the 400 block of south Cottonwood on the report of an assault.

Upon arrival, Officers made contact with the female victim who had been beaten and was in need of medical attention.

The victim told police that her boyfriend, Jeremiah Bloxton, had beaten her and held her against her will for over two hours.  She stated that Bloxton had locked the apartment door and refused to let her leave.

Police learned that Bloxton had fled the scene prior to their arrival, but he was later located at another residence and arrested.

Bloxton had prior arrests for assaulting the same victim.  Therefore, he was charged with Felony 3rd Degree Assualt.  He was also charged with another felony, False Imprisonment, for holding the victim against her will.

Bloxton was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

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