OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed and one injured in a northwest Omaha crash.
The accident occurred around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday when a sport utility vehicle ran off North 120th Street and rammed into a tree.
Omaha police say a passenger in the SUV died at the scene. His name hasn’t been released.
The driver was taken to Nebraska Medical Center for treatment. Police identified him as 19-year-old Deangelo Peak, of Omaha.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Campus police are investigating a violation of rules against hazing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Court documents say police have obtained video of a Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity member being taped face down to a bench outside the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house earlier this month. The video shows the student was wearing only underwear as he was doused with ketchup and mustard.
It’s unclear how long he was restrained. The video shows him freeing his hands and pulling off tape while still being sprayed with the condiments.
University spokesman Steve Smith says no action has been taken yet against the fraternity but that the university will do so “at the appropriate time.” A frat spokesman declined to comment.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been accused of photographing his sexual assault on an unconscious 9-year-old girl.
Online court records say 55-year-old Alan Kosmicki is charged with sexual assault of a child and generating child pornography. Lancaster County Jail records say Kosmicki remained in custody on Thursday, pending $750,000 bail. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Kosmicki’s behalf.
Court records say a Seward man who bought the contents of a storage shed found a memory card among the items and then found explicit images of a man and girl on it. He turned it over to police.
Investigators say they determined that the man in the pictures is Kosmicki. He told investigators that he’s not the man in the pictures.
Tareik Artis was arraigned Wednesday on three counts of drug possession and one of possessing a stolen firearm. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (https://bit.ly/1RIEiwZ ) that a trial date has not been set.
Authorities say Lancaster County Deputy Jeffrey Moeller and a deputy U.S. marshal shot Artis on Sept. 22 after he pointed a loaded handgun at them. Police say Artis was fleeing from a Lincoln officer after a traffic stop.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A February sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a Nebraska City man who’s been convicted of manslaughter.
Twenty-year-old Sebastien Hall pleaded guilty Tuesday in Otoe County District Court after prosecutors lowered the charge from second-degree murder. Hall also pleaded guilty to a weapons charge. Sentencing is set for Feb. 16.
Prosecutors say Hall killed 21-year-old Jacob Adams on July 19. Prosecutors say Adams was fighting with Hall and another man when Adams was stabbed in the chest and throat.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Public Service Commission has ordered that taxi companies cannot force elderly and disabled people whose rides are paid for by Medicaid to share taxis with others.
Omaha-based Happy Cab, which doesn’t transport multiple people without passengers’ permission, filed a complaint against Lincoln-based Servant Cab, which did. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services said the federal government encourages cabs to take multiple riders because it saves money. The department said it has the authority to instruct taxis to multiload because the state pays the fare.
The Lincoln Journal Star (https://bit.ly/1MwdMPp ) reports that the service commission, which regulates taxi companies, wrote a Dec. 15 opinion disputing the health department. The commission says consent must be received from the first passenger, regardless of who is paying for the fare.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man in Nebraska has been sentenced in federal court to six years in prison for receiving child pornography.
U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg says in a press release issued Tuesday that 54-year-old James A. Wiehe was sentenced in federal court in Omaha. He was given five years of supervised release following his expected release from prison.
Authorities in eastern Nebraska began investigating Wiehe in late 2014. A search of his home in March led to an examination of his computer. Authorities say he used file wiping software to delete child pornography.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An event has been held to remember the homeless who died in Lincoln this year.
The annual event known as “Longest Night of the Year,” was held Monday, and 13 homeless men who died this year were honored. Chaplain Brian Thomas spoke on their behalf, noting that the faces of homelessness are just as important as those who have homes.
Thomas said that four of the men were veterans.
According to Thomas, 21 homeless people who died in 2014 were remembered at the same event last year.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A court-appointed lawyer has won his appeal for full payment of fees he earned while representing a man accused of theft and unauthorized practice of law in Lancaster County.
On Tuesday the Nebraska Appeals Court sent Bernard Glaser’s case back to a district court with an order to grant his application for fees earned by more than 250 hours of work representing Clinton Brooks Jr., who was convicted.
Records say the district court, in deciding to pay Glaser for 100 hours, relied on a list of fees paid court-appointed lawyers in other cases. The state presented no evidence.
The Appeals Court says Glaser’s billing for more than 250 hours was reasonable and that the district court should not have relied on the list of fees paid in other cases.
