The charges come in the death of 49-year-old Todd Miller, whose body was found Aug. 16, 2017, in his Culbertson home. Court records say Miller was killed during a robbery attempt and that Mason bought items used in the crime.

Other court records detailing Miller’s death and Mason’s suspected role have been sealed from public view.

U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Joe Kelly says 30-year-old Kevin Brown was sentenced Thursday in Lincoln’s federal court. Brown was also ordered to pay nearly $85,000 in restitution.

Prosecutors say Brown and at least one other person robbed a Great Western Bank branch on Old Cheney Road in Lincoln on June 22.

Police determined the robbers left the bank in a car rented from an Omaha business. Brown was arrested the day after the robbery when he returned the car. Police found a mask and other items believed to have been used in the robbery on Brown.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the police department has already purchased a 13,000-square-foot warehouse with plans for an 18,000-square-foot addition.

Fleet superintendent Pat Wenzl says the extra space will accommodate expected growth in the city’s police vehicle fleet.

Department officials say city money is better spent on a new garage since estimated roof repairs alone have totaled about $600,000. The garage services police cruisers and the city’s more than 600 light-duty vehicles.

Wenzl says plans for the new garage are still being designed. He says the department hopes to seek bids on the project in January and potentially finish in 2020.

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A northeast Nebraska county has approved a request for a wind company to begin recording wind-speed and weather data in preparation for a possible wind farm.

The Madison County Board of Commissioners approved a conditional-use permit Tuesday for Emerick Wind to construct a tower to collect the information.

The site of the temporary tower is on land about 8 miles south and 1.5 miles west of Meadow Grove.

The company Lincoln Clean Energy is developing the project for Emerick Wind.

A news release Wednesday from federal prosecutors says 23-year-old Javonn Lewis, of Indianapolis, is accused of robbing a Lincoln pharmacy in March, and 19-year-old Michael White, of Muncie, Indiana, is accused of robbing an Omaha pharmacy in February. Both are charged with two counts: robbery and robbery involving controlled substances.

If convicted, each faces up to 20 years in prison on each count. There is no parole in the federal system.

The pair also face similar charges in Minnesota for pharmacy robberies in that state.

29-year-old Victor Genetti, of Sugar Creek, Missouri, has pleaded no contest to motor vehicle homicide in the March 1 death of a 26-year-old India Marie Simpson, of Waxhaw, North Carolina. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors will ask for a sentence of two years’ probation.

Simpson had been a passenger in a vehicle that had broken down near Giltner. Investigators say she was walking along the interstate shoulder to a tow truck when a semi driven by Genetti hit and killed her.