PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A former youth pastor in Omaha has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

Court records say 34-year-old Klint Bitter waived his right Wednesday to a preliminary hearing, and his case was forwarded to Sarpy County District Court in Papillion (puh-PIHL’-yuhn) for trial. A trial date hasn’t been set.

Bitter remains in jail, pending $1 million bail. His attorney, Thomas Petersen, would say only that Bitter is cooperating and had surrendered as authorities requested.

Authorities say he’d found the girl in an online classified ad for an 18-year-old girl and had sex with her in February. Bitter has said he had asked the girl whether she was underage.

Officials say Bitter was youth pastor at Christ Community Church in Omaha but was fired after he was charged.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say the vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Omaha has been found.

Police had been searching for the vehicle and its driver since it slammed into a man before dawn on Oct. 2 on a central Omaha street.

The crash killed 34-year-old Anh Tuan Phan, who lived in Omaha. Officers dispatched to the scene found the man near the curb in the northbound lanes of 72nd Street. He was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police did not announce any arrests Wednesday when the news of the found vehicle was released. Police say investigators are actively following up leads and that the case is still under investigation.

MILLARD, Neb. (AP) — No injuries have been reported after a small plane made an emergency landing at the Millard Airport near Omaha.

The plane made an emergency landing Tuesday night.

Officials say the pilot, who was the only person on the plane, had taken off from Millard Airport earlier in the evening and was returning when he realized that his retractable landing gear was not working.

The pilot was forced to land the plane on its belly.

Emergency crews responded, and the airport was shut down until nearly 9:45 p.m., when the plane was removed from the runway.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a fire that destroyed an apartment building in northern Lincoln was likely started by a cigarette carelessly tossed outside the building.

The blaze at the Black Sand Apartment Homes was reported around 5 a.m. Wednesday, and more than a dozen firetrucks eventually were dispatched as flames leaped from the roof.

Officials say the fire caused $2.5 million in damage and displaced more than 50 people living in the 30-unit building.

No residents were injured, but two firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting the blaze.

The fire was brought under control by 6:15 a.m.

Firefighters say the apartments were equipped with water sprinklers, but none were located in the area where the fire started, allowing the fire to grow.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha federal prosecutors say a man has been charged in a three-count indictment in a child pornography case.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in Omaha says Steven Carlson is charged with production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. All of the incidents are reported to have occurred last year.

If convicted of all counts, Carlson faces up to 90 years in prison.

It was not clear whether Carlson yet had an attorney, and he could not be reached Wednesday for comment.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A squirrel is being blamed for a power outage last week in Grand Island.

Travis Burdett, the city’s assistant utility director, says a squirrel caused the Friday outage that cut power to more than 800 customers, including parts of downtown. Power was restored after about 20 minutes.

Burdett says squirrels cause such larger outages only a couple times a year. The animals don’t chew on anything but instead typically cause a problem by climbing a pole and getting between a transformer casing and the electrified lines.

The result typically kills the squirrel.