
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old man has been imprisoned for stabbing to death another Lincoln resident at Peter Pan Park in the capital city.
Court records say LaRon Branch was sentenced Monday to 18 to 20 years in prison and given credit for 737 days already served.
Branch had pleaded no contest and was convicted of manslaughter after prosecutors lowered the charge from second-degree murder and dropped a weapons count. Prosecutors say Branch stabbed 27-year-old Lincoln Jarvis Long, whose body was found in the park on Jan. 16, 2014.