NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a Las Vegas man after authorities say he threatened to harm people on an airplane earlier this week and caused the flight to be diverted to a Nebraska airport.

Prosecutors in Nebraska say 23-year-old Maurice Paola had an initial court appearance Thursday. Paola faces one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.

Investigators say Paola was threatening to harm other passengers and crew members on the charter flight Monday and was throwing things at people, forcing the plane to land at Lee Bird Field in North Platte. The plane was headed to New York when it was diverted.

If convicted, Paola faces up to 20 years in prison. His next court appearance has been set for Sept. 10.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three Nebraska dioceses will cooperate with the state attorney general’s request to review records of allegations and investigations dating back decades, according to diocese representatives.

Attorney General Doug Peterson requested last week that Lincoln, Omaha and Grand Island Roman Catholic bishops provide investigative records since 1978, The Lincoln Journal Star reported. The records request includes reports of alleged sexual exploitation, such as child pornography.

The review comes less than a month after Peterson urged victims of priest sex abuse to file reports with law enforcement , regardless of when the abuse occurred.

Representatives for all three dioceses said their bishops intend to cooperate with the request.

“The truth is good for everyone,” Omaha Archbishop George Lucas said in a Wednesday news release . “I see this as a real moment of grace.”

The Lincoln Diocese said it also plans to create a hotline and website where reports can be filed anonymously, and will also hire a victim-assistance coordinator to provide support to victims of sex abuse.

Lincoln-area cases will go to the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office, which will forward them to police and the sheriff’s office, said County Attorney Pat Condon, who noted that his office has received one report so far.

“Then, depending on what any investigation turns up, that will determine whether there will be prosecution through our office,” Condon said.

The Lincoln Diocese recently removed three priests over misconduct accusations, including giving alcohol to an altar server, being alone with women despite warnings against such behavior and an allegation of sexual contact with an adult woman. Another priest resigned over an undisclosed allegation stemming from his time in the Nebraska Army National Guard.

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — Tyson Foods is investigating what caused an ammonia release that sent 20 workers to a south-central Nebraska hospital.

Firefighters were sent to the Tyson plant in Lexington around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. The workers had been evacuated by the time firefighters arrived.

Officials say at least one worker was admitted to the Lexington Regional Health Center and one was later transferred to a Lincoln hospital. The rest of the injured workers were treated and released.

Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman says the plant has been deemed safe, so normal plant operations are expected to resume Wednesday.

He says the ammonia is used for refrigeration.

The federal lawsuit was filed last week for Christine Bordeaux, who’d testified against Nikko Jenkins and Erica Jenkins. Erica Jenkins was convicted of murder in January 2015, accused by authorities of helping her brother kill a man in Omaha in 2013. Nikko Jenkins pleaded no contest to murder charges in that case and three others.

Bordeaux was sentenced to 20 years for robbery in connection with Nikko Jenkins’ crimes.

Bordeaux says that in September 2016, Erica Jenkins sought and got approval to move into Bordeaux’s cell at the state women’s prison in York. Bordeaux also says that Erica Jenkins soon punched her and beat her with a padlock.

State officials have declined to comment.