March 2019 – Page 24 – North Platte Post Archive

Alfonso Bernal Jr.

Posted on March 7, 2019

Alfonso Bernal, Jr., 44, of North Platte, passed away March 6, 2019 at his home. He was born August 28, 1974 to Eloisa Arellano and Alfonso Bernal, Sr. at Scottsbluff, NE.

He attended schools in North Platte and Scottsbluff, graduating from Scottsbluff High School with the class of “93”. He loved sports, star wars movies and music by Guns and Roses.

He is survived by his son, Shaun Michael Bernal; father, Alfonso (Connie) Bernal, Sr.; mother, Eloisa (Sergio) Meraz; sisters, Lisa (Manuel) Perez, Sabina (Scott) Hebblethwaite and Krissy Bernal; brothers, Gabriel Bernal, Abel Perez and Michael Monnier; many nieces and nephews and other relatives.

Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. Cremation was chosen. Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 9, 2019 with Pastor Ned Cooper officiating at Church of Christ Church, 3311 South Oak, North Platte. Carpenter Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.

Pennie Louise Stagnaro

Posted on March 7, 2019

On April 3, 2019 just eighty-two short days after being diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, Pennie Louise Stagnaro, while resting peacefully in her home in North Platte, NE took her last breath surrounded by loved ones.

Her life will forever be cherished by the family she leaves behind, her children, Melissa Mariscal (Mondo) and Aaric Wall (Becca); grandchildren, Mikayla, Micah, Bennit and Alissa all of Stockton, CA. Pennie had many friends and considered them family and leaves behind many from all over the country.

Pennie was born in Stockton, CA on Oct. 11, 1956. She relocated to NE in 1991. Pennie wasn’t afraid to work hard, often working two jobs. She was a waitress for many years, a cook, owned a house keeping business, union laborer, welder’s helper and a construction purchasing foreman. She worked until the day of her diagnosis.

She found great joy in being outside with nature, and a member of the Sierra Club. She enjoyed swimming, traveling, antiquing and quilting. She often used her food and baked goods to show her love. She never met a stranger.

We know she is up in Heaven dancing pain free with Jesus to her favorite country western songs.

Online condolences may be shared at www.carpentermemorial.com. A Celebration of Life will be Friday, April 19, 2019, 12-4pm at the Moose Lodge of North Platte with a luncheon.

Cole Thomas Cahill

Posted on March 7, 2019March 13, 2019

Cole Thomas Cahill, infant child of Bobby and Kelsey Cahill, was born and died on March 2, 2019 at Great Plains Health. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Bridge of Hope. Online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com. Private family services will take place at a later date.

Adams & Swanson Funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Farmer barred from owning livestock after he leaves prison

Posted on March 7, 2019

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) – A southeast Nebraska farmer who was imprisoned for neglecting his animals in 2011 is headed back to prison and won’t be allowed to own any livestock after he gets out.

Otoe County District Court records say 67-year-old John Maahs, of Unadilla, was sentenced Wednesday to two years. Judge Julie Smith also barred him from possessing livestock for 75 years. He’d pleaded no contest to five counts of abandonment or cruel neglect of livestock.

Authorities tipped off last April found the carcasses of more than 40 pigs and 15 goats on the farm, with live hogs feeding on dead hogs. Animals were locked inside buildings without food or water, although deputies found plenty of feed in sacks on the farm.

Maahs pleaded no contest in 2012 to the same charge and served more than a year in prison. In September 2011 deputies found about 1,000 hog carcasses on the property.

Nebraska slavery amendment to appear on 2020 ballot

Posted on March 7, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska voters will get the chance in 2020 to repeal a state constitutional amendment that allows people to be enslaved as punishment for a crime.

The measure won final approval from lawmakers Thursday on a 44-0 vote.

Nebraska’s Constitution has banned slavery and involuntary servitude since 1875, except as punishment for a crime. Supporters say that provision hasn’t been used in recent history, but was once invoked to force former slaves back into unpaid labor for private parties, a system known as convict leasing.

The measure will appear on the November 2020 general election ballot. Its sponsor, Sen. Justin Wayne of Omaha, says the amendment sends an important message about Nebraska’s values.

Some senators have voiced worries about the message that would be sent if voters reject the repeal measure.

Defense attorney apologizes to ICE, prosecutor

Posted on March 7, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A lawyer who said federal agents and prosecutors kept a man arrested in an O’Neill immigration raid from seeing his attorney now says the accusation was in incorrect result of miscommunication within his office.

Lincoln attorney John Berry had moved to suppress any statements the client had made. Berry alleged in a motion that a lawyer from his firm sent to a Grand Island detention center to see the client last August was barred by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent from seeing the client. Berry says the agent and an assistant federal prosecutor insisted the client didn’t have a right to counsel until the next day.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Berry has withdrawn his motion to keep the client’s statements from a jury, explaining that the original complaint was prepared before all the facts surrounding the incident had been shared by other members of Berry’s firm.

The judge said at a hearing last week that ICE and the federal prosecutor deserved a public apology. Berry agreed and did so in the courtroom. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods said the government accepted Berry’s apology.

Husker Volleyball travels to McCook for Spring Game

Posted on March 7, 2019

The Nebraska volleyball team will play its lone 2019 spring match against Colorado State at McCook Community College in McCook, Nebraska on Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m.

Approximately 1,300 tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m. at the Graff Events Center on the McCook Community College campus. Tickets are $10 for ages 2 and older. All tickets must be paid for in cash. There will be a limit of four tickets sold per person, and you must be 16 or older with an ID in order to purchase tickets.

Doors to the match will open at 11:30 a.m., and the match will air on Husker Sports Network radio affiliates and online at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app. The Husker volleyball players will sign autographs following the match.

The trip to McCook continues Nebraska’s tradition of touring the state for spring volleyball matches. The Huskers played Colorado State in Kearney in 2017 and have also made recent visits to Grand Island, Wayne, Norfolk and Ogallala.

Nebraska is coming off a 2018 season in which it reached the NCAA Final Four for the fourth straight year, a first in program history. The Huskers were the NCAA Runner-Up after dropping a five-set match to Stanford in Minneapolis. NU returns five starters from that squad, including first-team All-American Lauren Stivrins.

Nebraska teen charged with killing man in western Iowa

Posted on March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A 16-year-old Nebraska boy has been charged with murder, accused of killing a man in western Iowa’s Council Bluffs.

Court records say the Omaha boy was 15 when 38-year-old Adam Angeroth was slain. Angeroth’s body was found in his apartment on Jan. 24. Details about his death haven’t been released.

It’s not yet clear whether the boy will be tried as an adult. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

The boy’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday.

Warrants also have been issued for a 21-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, man, Liam Stec, and 20-year-old Nicholas Haner, of Harlan, Iowa. Police are still looking for Haner. Stec remains in the Omaha jail awaiting prosecution in an unrelated Nebraska case.

Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to outlaw eyeball tattooing

Posted on March 6, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill to prevent people from getting tattoos on the whites of their eyes.

The measure won first-round approval Wednesday on a 38-0 vote.

The proposal by Sen. Lynne Walz, of Fremont, received strong support from eye doctors who warn that such tattoos are risky and could cause people to lose their sight. It includes a limited exception for cases where such a procedure is medically necessary and performed by someone who’s trained to do it.

The concept of eyeball tattooing proved cringe-worthy for many senators. Sen. Sara Howard, the chairwoman of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, says it’s “by far the most disgusting bill I have ever heard in my committee.”

La Vista student accused of bringing handgun to school

Posted on March 6, 2019

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Nebraska say a 17-year-old student has been arrested for bringing a handgun to his suburban Omaha school.

Police say the boy was arrested around 11 a.m. Wednesday for having the gun on the grounds of Brook Valley School, an alternative school in La Vista.

Police were called to the school by administrators after a student told staff members the teen had a handgun in his coat pocket. The principal confronted the student and confiscated the unloaded handgun without incident.