OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The law license of an Omaha attorney has been suspended indefinitely by the Nebraska Supreme Court.

The high court on Friday cited findings by the Nebraska Counsel for Discipline that Nick Simon had violated his oath of office as an attorney in nine counts related to his mishandling of immigration matters.

The nine counts generally allege misconduct, incompetence, failure to communicate and failure to act diligently.

The soonest Simon can seek reinstatement is June 1, 2015. He also faces two years of monitored probation if he is reinstated.

A business phone for Simon rang unanswered Friday. A home phone number for him could not be found.

BEAVER CROSSING, Neb. (AP) — The death of a man found on the bank of the Big Blue River is being investigated as a homicide.

Nebraska State Patrol Investigative Services Lt. Bob Frank says a recent autopsy revealed the man did not die of natural causes. Additional information was not released.

Authorities are seeking help from the public in identifying the body, which was found Wednesday afternoon near Beaver Crossing in Seward County. The body did not have any form of identification, though Frank says the man had a distinctive tattoo of a panther on his upper left arm.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska officials have issued arrest warrants for about 20 of the 306 inmates who were released early because the Department of Correctional Services miscalculated their sentences.

Gov. Dave Heineman said Friday that state officials will not seek 257 inmates who were let out early but would have finished their correct sentence by now. Three others have died since their release, and five have successfully completed their parole.

Of the remaining inmates, an unspecified number is back in custody and some qualify for furlough programs. One is being paroled.

Heineman and Attorney Jon Bruning say another 567 inmates were given incorrect sentences, but none of those prisoners were released.

Bruning says the inmates being pursued generally have 1 to 4 years remaining on their sentences.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of an officer who was stabbed by a man at a convenience store in northeast Omaha.

Police say the officer was attacked Thursday afternoon while responding to a trespassing disturbance at the store.

The officer was identified Friday as 51-year-old Sophia Jordan, who has almost 15 years on the force.

Twenty-nine-year-old Gary Jackson, of Omaha, was arrested. He remained in Douglas County Jail on Friday, pending charges of attempted murder and use of a weapon. Online court records don’t list the name of his lawyer in the case.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has again thrown out the conviction of Wyoming man accused of posing as a licensed car dealer and ordered a new trial in the case.

Thomas Merchant, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has twice been convicted of being an unlicensed dealer after prosecutors said Merchant bought 19 vehicles from the Nebraska Auto Auction in June 2011. The business said the checks Merchant wrote for the vehicles bounced, and that Merchant included a fake dealer’s license number on paperwork that also indicated Merchant was a “wholesale” dealer.

His first conviction was reversed last year because of improperly admitted evidence. He was again tried and convicted and sentenced to 12 to 26 years in prison.

On Friday, the Nebraska high court vacated his second conviction, citing faulty jury instructions.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Residents of a southwest Missouri city devastated by a 2011 tornado are reaching out to the northeast Nebraska town of Pilger, which was torn apart by a tornado last week.

Joplin residents on Thursday announced a “Joplin Loves Pilger” campaign to help victims of the June 16 tornado in Pilger.

The campaign includes a Facebook page to offer encouragement and an account at Pinnacle Bank in Joplin, with all proceeds to go to the Pilger Community Development Fund.

The May 2011 tornado damaged hundreds of homes and businesses and killed 161 people in Joplin.

Joplin resident Doug Hunt, who was working Saturday in Pilger, says the campaign is part of his efforts to thank you to people who helped him and his city.