(AP) — Omaha police say a 23-year-old man has been killed in a north Omaha shooting, and one man has been arrested.

Police say officers were in the area around 2:40 a.m. when they heard gunshots. Upon investigating, the officers found 23-year-old Craig Brown on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound. Brown was taken by ambulance to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

Police say 44-year-old Dwayne Blackson has been arrested on suspicion of criminal homicide and several weapons counts. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of failing to appear on a warrant in a separate case.

Police say Blackson is being held at the Douglas County jail.

(AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a charge against a Lincoln man accused of doctoring a lottery ticket.

Jonathan Tonniges had faced a 20-year prison sentence if convicted for what his fiancee said was simply a practical joke.

Tonniges was charged after his fiancee went to a lottery office with a ticket she thought was worth $35,000. Workers told her it had been altered with a permanent marker, and the woman said she accepted that explanation and left. But workers called police.

The woman says Tonniges was playing a practical joke and that she never tried to cash the ticket. She simply asked about its value.

Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said on Friday that he dismissed the case because there wasn’t enough evidence to convict Tonniges.

(AP) — Police say a man was hospitalized with serious injuries after being carjacking in northwest Omaha.

Police say the man reported walking out a store at 90th and Blondo streets Friday night when two other men attacked him and forced him to drive toward a neighborhood.

Police say the man jumped from the car a short distance away and was helped by a nearby homeowner.

The man was taken to an Omaha hospital with serious injuries, including head trauma.

The man’s car was found near 100th Street and Grand Avenue.

Witnesses told police they saw only one man run from the car after it was taken.

(AP) — A man who embezzled thousands of dollars from his employer in Lincoln has been given probation, jail time and an order to pay back some money.

Online court records say 58-year-old Eugene Southworth had pleaded no contest to attempted theft and was convicted after prosecutors lowered the theft charge. Southworth was sentenced last week. Court records say he now lives in Sicklerville, N.J.

Attorneys for the company, Celerion, reported their suspicions to Lincoln police in September 2011 after a billing problem was unearthed. Police say the money was traced to Southworth’s bank account.

Judge Jodi Nelson of Lancaster County District Court sentenced Southworth to four years of probation and 180 days. Southworth also was ordered to make restitution of $20,400. The judge gave Southworth credit for two days served.