
(AP) — Kearney City Councilman Randy Buschkoetter has pleaded no contest and paid a fine for gambling at the boys state basketball game in Lincoln last month.
The 49-year-old Buschkoetter pleaded no contest Friday in Lancaster County Court to engaging in gambling, a misdemeanor. He paid a $200 fine, plus court costs.
Lincoln police have said that off-duty officers saw Buschkoetter take four of five bets that his 21-year-old daughter wrote down in a notebook during the course of several games March 14 at Pinnacle Bank.
Buschkoetter’s daughter was also cited in the incident, but charges were never filed against her.