A Colorado woman is facing child abuse charges in Lincoln County after authorities say she left her two young children alone in a North Platte motel.

On January 31, at around 3:15 p.m., deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Motel 6 in North Platte.

It was reported that 34-year-old Sabra Goff, of Colorado Springs, left two children, ages four months and two, alone in a motel room.

Deputies found that the two children were being tended to by motel staff while they waited for law enforcement to arrive.

A short time later, deputies located Goff who was reportedly highly intoxicated and had been shopping.

She was placed under arrest and transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center on child abuse charges.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says the children are in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.  The investigation is ongoing.

A colorado man, who is accused of passing counterfeit bills in North Platte in December, was arrested following a short pursuit on Tuesday.

At around 11:21 a.m., an officer on patrol saw Joshua Murphy driving in a vehicle near Philip Avenue and Poplar Street.

The officer was aware that Murphy had several warrants out for his arrest, including a Lincoln County warrant from the counterfeit money incident.

When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the vehicle, Investigator John Deal says Murphy ran through a stop sign at Poplar and Francis streets and pulled into the parking lot of Allo Communications before fleeing on foot.

The officer was able to get in front of Murphy in the South Platte Terrace Apartments parking lot and Muphy gave up.

Murphy was placed under arrest for the Lincoln County warrant and several warrants out of Colorado.  He was also charged with flight to avoid arrest and having no operator’s license.

Investigator Deal says the forgery charges stem from an incident at Little Caesars in North Platte.

On the afternoon of December 8, an officer responded to Little Caesar’s after it was reported that a male subject had passed a counterfeit $50 bill.

Management reported that a male subject, identified as Murphy, and female pulled up to the drive-thru window and paid for their order with a $50 bill.

When the clerk went to make change, he noticed that the bill appeared to be a fake and handed it back to the subjects, who then paid with real money.

Deal says numerous other businesses reported receiving counterfeit money during this period and interviews conducted with witnesses confirmed that Murphy had been the suspect in the Little Caesar’s case.

A warrant for Murphy’s arrest was issued.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Thirty-five people have applied to replace former Nebraska state Sen. Bill Kintner, who resigned after retweeting a comment that implied three women’s march protesters were too unattractive to sexually assault.

The governor’s office released the names Monday. Gov. Pete Ricketts will appoint Kintner’s successor.

The applicant who is chosen will represent Legislative District 2, a region that includes Cass County and portions of Sarpy and Otoe counties in southeast Nebraska. The new senator will serve until January 2019 and could run for election in the 2018.

Kintner’s resignation went into effect on Monday. Ricketts has said he intends to move quickly to ensure voters in the district have a voice in the Legislature.

SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Sidney man killed himself after killing his wife in their western Nebraska home.

On Monday Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub identified the man as 39-year-old Jeffery Jensen and his wife, 36-year-old Rachelle Jensen. Schaub says a preliminary autopsy report shows both were killed by gunshots the afternoon of Jan. 9.

Authorities found the bodies inside the Sidney home Friday. Rachelle Jensen’s employer had called authorities to report that she hadn’t shown up for work for several days.