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NPPD Crime Log (2.28.17-3.1.17)

Posted on March 1, 2017

COURTESY OF THE NORTH PLATTE POLICE DEPARTMENT

02/28/2017 00:03:29 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 03:35:09 OPEN DOORS OR WINDOWS “4000 SUNSET DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 04:05:38 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 07:16:22 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LBF,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 07:53:06 PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT “W 6TH ST /N GRANT AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 08:25:49 MOTORIST ASSIST “POPLAR VIADUCT,
1 POPLAR VIADUCT
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 08:35:19 CITIZEN ASSIST “700 W 3RD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 09:04:20 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- FROM MOTOR VEHICLE “400 Rodeo Rd
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 09:28:05 NO LICENSE PLATES 60 323 “N BARE AV /W 2ND ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 09:30:02 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “1500 S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 09:43:01 EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION “400 W 1st
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 09:48:21 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS “300 W G ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 11:08:24 THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING “3200 S NEWBERRY RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 11:17:29 CITIZEN ASSIST “400 BAY TREE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 11:50:03 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “1900 BIRCHWOOD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 11:56:27 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “2300 W 16TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:03:02 THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER “1200 MCDONALD RD
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:13:33 ISSUING NO ACCOUNT CHECK “1500 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:28:18 H&R ACC-NO ALC RELATED “1400 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:34:13 ISSUING NO ACCOUNT CHECK “1500 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:30:00 FORGERY- 2ND DEGREE “2500 E 4TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 12:58:38 SUPP TO PRIOR CASE “E PHILIP AV /S COTTONWOOD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:02:02 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “2600 W 20TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:20:26 DOG-SURRENDER “1400 N SYCAMORE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:22:22 ABANDONED VEHICLE “200 EUGENE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:28:16 OTHER DISTURBANCE “1000 W 3RD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:24:01 CAT-SURRENDER “1400 N SYCAMORE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 13:51:01 HARASS MSG BY TXT OR INTERNET “1000 S DEWEY ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 14:31:42 OTHER DISTURBANCE “600 W Leota ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 14:51:36 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY “600 E 8TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 15:04:32 CITIZEN ASSIST “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 16:04:26 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “1300 Travis DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 16:23:27 LOOSE ANIMALS “3100 W 19TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 16:35:03 GEN PARK & TRAFFIC “500 W 11th
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 17:03:33 ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER “1300 INDUSTRIAL AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 17:05:49 WATCH FOR/INFORMATION “1000 N CURTIS AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 18:12:50 CITIZEN ASSIST “900 W 5TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 18:21:39 FOUND PROPERTY “1000 W F ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 18:37:08 2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS “100 S DIXIE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 18:41:26 DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET “700 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 19:02:43 LOOSE ANIMALS “1400 S Dewey ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 19:34:32 WELFARE CHECK “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 19:43:49 NO REGISTRATION “E PHILIP AV /S COTTONWOOD ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 19:57:05 H&R ACC-NO ALC RELATED NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

02/28/2017 20:29:09 SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE “2000 N DODGE AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 20:33:38 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION “I80 AV /S JEFFERS ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 21:03:36 LOUD MUSIC “700 N MAPLE ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 21:05:40 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION “RODEO RD /N SHERMAN AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 21:16:42 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS “W PHILIP /S Willow
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 21:16:16 CITIZEN ASSIST “1400 N TAFT AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 22:26:10 WELFARE CHECK “1400 E 12TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 23:02:34 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LEE BIRD FIELD,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 23:41:50 OTHER DISTURBANCE “200 S Chestnut ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

02/28/2017 23:56:44 OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER “1600 W 13TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 01:34:49 DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET “1600 W 13TH ST
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 01:57:57 HARASS MSG BY TXT OR INTERNET “NORTH PLATTE,
1 NORTH PLATTE
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 02:22:08 AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT “LEE BIRD FIELD,
5400 E LEE BIRD DR
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 06:21:24 CITIZEN ASSIST “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 07:06:58 CITIZEN ASSIST “2300 E PHILIP AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

03/01/2017 07:43:00 TRAFFIC ENFORCE GENERAL “W 4TH ST /N MILLS AV
NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101”

Man accused of fleecing mom sent to federal prison

Posted on March 1, 2017

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of defrauding his mother and others out of more than $911,000 has been sent to prison and ordered to pay back the money.

Prosecutors say 61-year-old James Kappler Jr., of Topeka, Kansas, was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months for wire fraud.

Prosecutors say Kappler had told his mother that he had contracted the staph infection MRSA, which is resistant to many antibiotics. He falsely told her he was involved in a drug study that would pay him $5 million eventually, but he needed help paying for medical care in the meantime.

Prosecutors say that when her money ran out, she sought more from her sister and friends. Prosecutor Jan Sharp said Wednesday Nebraska gained jurisdiction over the case because some of the people who helped wired money from Nebraska.

Beverly Margaret Odean

Posted on March 1, 2017

Beverly Margaret Odean, age 81, of Missouri, formerly of Nebraska, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017, at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.

Beverly was born July 22, 1935, to Donald Wessley and Frances Margaret Renfro Kerr at Kansas City, MO. She grew up in Denver, CO, and later moved to Gering, NE, where she graduated from high school and married Leo James Colson in 1953. The couple had four children and lived in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado before settling in Hershey, NE, and later divorcing.

On October 26, 1974, Beverly was united in marriage to Delmar Delaine Odean at Malta, MT. They lived in the Hershey and Sutherland areas until moving to Florida in 2011. Beverly and Delmar loved music and spent their lives traveling and playing music in various places throughout the Midwest with their band, “The Del Mars”.

Beverly and Delmar were married for over 34 years when he passed away in 2012. She then moved near her daughter, Brenda, in De Soto, MO, and lived each day waiting to be reunited with Delmar. Though Beverly and Delmar are gone, their music lives on and will be cherished by their family and friends.

Beverly is survived by her children, Brenda (Randy) Solomon, of DeSoto, MO, Tim (Dana) Colson, of Umatilla, FL, and Don (Kathy) Colson, of Boca Raton, FL; stepchildren, Elizabeth ‘Liz’ (Steve) Ellerd, of Platteville, CO, and Kenneth (Cindy) Odean and David (Julie) Odean, of Hershey, NE; 21 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; five great great-grandchildren; her brother, Wes (Pat) Kerr, of Oceanside, CA; sister-in-law, Lynne Kerr, of Franklin, LA; as well as many nieces, nephews and other family.

Along with her husband, Delmar, Beverly was preceded in death by her son, James Colson; her parents, Donald and Frances Kerr; and brother, Don Kerr.

Graveside funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in the Lamont Cemetery, southwest of Hershey. The casket will be closed. The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com or at the graveside. Memorials are to the Hershey Senior Center. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.

HIGHLIGHTS: Knights close regular season with 5th straight win, defeat McCook 80-76

Posted on March 1, 2017

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team finished off their regular season in front of a large crowd, defeating the McCook Community College Indians, 80-76 on Tuesday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on “Sophomore Night.”

The game was the final appearance in front of home fans for sophomores Diontae Champion, Jordan Mills, Victor Lewis, David Niklasson, and Mike Amius.

The game was close through most of the first half. There were five lead changes in the first half. With the Knights leading 21-20, they went on a 14-5 run to take their biggest lead of the first half at 35-25. The Knights held a 39-32 halftime lead.

The Knights led the entire second half. The Indians did pull within one at 65-64, but the Knights built up their lead after a 7-2 run to take a 72-66 lead. The Indians went on their own run of 7-4 to pull within three at 76-73. After a basket by Lewis and two free throws by Samuel Kearns, the game was a three possession game at 80-73. The Indians Torrey Mayo hit a three-pointer for the final points of the game.

The Knights are 22-7 for the season and 9-7 in Region IX South Sub-Region play. They were a perfect 6-0 in the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference.

The Knights were led in scoring by Lewis and Godfrey Rolle with 16 points each. Amius added 12 points and Nate Duda finished with 10 points. Amius had eight rebounds for the team lead. Amius also had five blocked shots on the evening.

The Indians, who are 15-15 on the season, finish 4-12 in South Sub-Region play and 3-3 in the NCCAC. Draylan Perkins led all scorers with 21 points. Three other Indians finished in double figures. Lewis Diankulu had 13 points, D’Von Moore added 11 points and Brody Sharkey chipped in 10 points. Diankulu finished with five rebounds to lead the Indians.

The Knights will now travel to La Junta, Colo., to play Otero Junior College in the opening round of the Region IX tournament on Saturday, March 4. The Knights, Otero, and Trinidad all finished with identical records in the final South Sub-Region standings but gained the fourth seed through tiebreakers. The Knights split with both Otero and Trinidad. Otero swept Trinidad, which gave Otero the fourth seed and Trinidad finished as the sixth seed.

Laramie County is the number one seed in the South Sub-Region and will play McCook in the first round.

The Knights game will be broadcast on ESPN 1410 radio and on the Internet at www.northplattepost.com. A link to the livestream will be available at www.npccknights.com.

Tip-off time for the Otero- Knights has yet to be determined.

North Platte Weather-March 1

Posted on March 1, 2017

Today

Sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph after midnight.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 58. South southeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 67.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 26.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 62.

Knights softball opens NCCAC play at McCook

Posted on February 28, 2017

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights softball team will travel to McCook on Wednesday, March 1 to play a doubleheader against the McCook Community College Lady Indians.

Game times are at 2 pm and 4 pm.

The Lady Indians are 2-10 on the season. Angelica Evans leads the Lady Indians in hitting with a .405 batting average and a .459 slugging percentage. Alexis Moeaki has the only home run for the Lady Indians.

In the ring, the Taya Thorpe has a 5.54 earned run average with 20 strikeouts. Thorpe is 2-4 on the season

The Knights are 6-8 on the season. Samantha Gill is hitting .545 to lead the Knights, followed by Samantha Foster at .531. Gill also leads the Knights in slugging percentage at .773, home runs with two, and runs batted in with 15.

In the ring, Foster has a 3.32 earned run average with 20 strikeouts. Foster is 3-4 on the season. Erin Renwick is tied with Foster in strikeouts and has a 4.67 earned run average.

The games will be the first games for both teams in the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference.

The games will be livestreamed at www.npccknights.com.

June trial set for man charged with murder in Dawson County

Posted on February 28, 2017

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — Trial for a man charged with murder has been scheduled for June in Lexington.

Court records say a plea of not guilty was entered Monday for 40-year-old Jose Regalado-Mendez. The records say the remains of 37-year-old Jose Hernandez were found Dec. 12 near a farmhouse north of Lexington. Investigators say in a court document that Regalado-Mendez shot Hernandez in early October.

A judge set a trial date of June 13 and approved a defense request to send Regalado-Mendez to Lincoln for a competency evaluation.

Nebraska events to celebrate 150th year of statehood

Posted on February 28, 2017

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary as a state with a series of events in Lincoln.

The festivities on Wednesday include the dedication of a new Nebraska statehood stamp and actor portrayals of author Willa Cather, Ponca Chief Standing Bear and William “Buffalo Bill” Cody.

An official statehood day ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Nebraska Capitol with singer Hannah Huston, a Grand Island native and former finalist on the television show “The Voice.” Gov. Pete Ricketts will speak along with Nebraska Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Heavican, Secretary of State John Gale and Speaker of the Legislature Jim Scheer.

The Nebraska History Museum is set to open an exhibit at 6 p.m. that will feature paintings of scenes from each of the state’s 93 coutnies.

Hastings trials set for couple accused of child abuse

Posted on February 28, 2017

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Trials have been set for a Hastings woman and man accused of child abuse.

Online court records show 23-year-old Brittany Hatch pleaded not guilty Monday. Her trial is scheduled to begin May 15. The records also show 32-year-old John Brown pleaded not guilty to two counts of child abuse and one of being a habitual criminal. His trial is scheduled to begin April 24.

Police say they found the baby unresponsive after a call in November. A doctor later found that the baby had methamphetamine in her system. The doctor also found bruises, cuts to the baby’s mouth and burns on her feet.

Authorities say Brown is Hatch’s fiance but not the baby’s biological father.

Man takes plea deal in Foltz family burglary case

Posted on February 28, 2017

GREELEY, Neb. (AP) — A South Dakota man has pleaded guilty to burglarizing the home of the late Sam Foltz’s brother when he was in Lincoln honoring the Nebraska football player.

Online court records say 38-year-old Scott Davis, of Lennox, South Dakota, pleaded guilty to burglary and theft after prosecutors dropped two other charges. He also pleaded guilty to theft from a construction site on the same day. Sentencing is scheduled for April.

Authorities say Davis broke into the home of Jordan Foltz on Sept. 3 as the Foltz family attended a memorial for Sam Foltz at the Huskers’ home opener.

Davis was arrested in York County on Sept. 4 on suspicion of driving drunk, and officers say they found items in his car believed to have been stolen from Jordan Foltz.