A 30-year-old North Platte woman is facing charges after she allegedly assaulted her domestic partner and a North Platte Police officer.

At around 1:30 a.m., on May 30, officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of East 11th Street on the report of a disturbance.

Officers arrived and met with a 32-year-old male who alleged that, following an argument, his domestic partner, Melinda Reyes, had jumped on him and began punching and clawing his face.

The victim then attempted to leave and asked a neighbor to call the police.

Following further investigation, officers determined that there was probable cause to arrest Reyes for domestic assault.

As officers attempted to take Reyes into custody, she allegedly became defiant and aggressive. At one point, police say Reyes kicked an officer multiple times, causing him injury and pain.

Officers were eventually able to subdue Reyes and take her into custody.

She was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and jailed on charges of 3rd-degree assault on an officer, 3rd-degree domestic assault, and resisting arrest.

Also, because the assault took place in front of a one-year-old child, Reyes was charged with child abuse.

Police say two male children, ages one and two, were placed in temporary protective custody with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

 

 

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson out-muscled the competition at domestic movie theaters as Warner Bros.’ earthquake epic “San Andreas” hauled in an estimated $53.2 million over the weekend. It was his biggest debut for a movie where he’s the top-billed actor, according to box office tracker Rentrak.

“Aloha,” the critically maligned romantic comedy from director Cameron Crowe, opened in sixth place with $10 million.

After showings, audiences gave “San Andreas” 3.5 out of 5 stars on average, while giving “Aloha” just 2 out of 5.

Universal’s “Pitch Perfect 2” came in second with $14.8 million, Disney’s “Tomorrowland” was third with $13.8 million, Warner Bros.’ “Mad Max: Fury Road” came in fourth with $13.6 million and Disney’s Marvel superhero saga “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” which grossed $10.9 million, finished fifth.

CHICAGO (AP) — New research shows that the move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend. More kids are surviving than ever before, and without the long-term complications that doomed many of their peers a generation ago.

Radiation and chemotherapy have saved countless children from cancers but some treatments can damage the heart or other organs, problems that prove fatal years later.

In the 1990s, a push began to try to prevent these “late effects” by giving smaller, more targeted doses of radiation, avoiding certain drugs and changing the way chemo is given.

The new study, which tracked more than 34,000 childhood cancer survivors over several decades, shows that despite the easier treatments, survival continued to improve.

Results were discussed Sunday at a cancer conference in Chicago.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of gasoline has increased 4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.84 a gallon.

Still, that’s a tiny increase compared to the 35-cent jump recorded over the previous five weeks.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that it’s also an indication gas prices may be close to peaking as the summer driving season approaches.

Lundberg says oil prices rose only slightly last week.

Meantime, with more refineries coming back online after maintenance, supplies should increase, stabilizing prices.

The average national price for midgrade gas was $3.04, with premium going for $3.20.

The highest price recorded in the continental United States was $3.83 in Los Angeles. The lowest was $2.36, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The average price in California was $3.66, down 10 cents a gallon.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Volunteers spent part of the weekend planting flowers in pots to help prepare for the Nebraska State Fair this summer.

More than 100 pots were filled with soil and flowers on Saturday.

The fair’s facilities director Jamie Parr says without the flower planters the fairgrounds would be a sea of concrete.

Organizers keep adding more planters each year. Some are small enough to carry while a forklift is needed to place others.

Some of the volunteers will continue taking care of the planters all summer and throughout the fair.

A second planting day will be held on June 9 to fill in-ground flower beds.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — After six weeks of treating preregistered clients, a free health care clinic in Kearney is set to open to the public on Thursday.

The HelpCare Clinic provides free medical care for patients who meet certain qualifications. Those include residing or working in Buffalo or Kearney counties, not having private medical insurance, Medicaid or Medicare, and having an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

A grand opening and ribbon-cutting will be at the clinic on June 16.

Clinic director Linda Muhlbach says the soft opening allowed clinic staff to ensure the processes would work correctly.

The clinic has three employees: a registered nurse, a part-time bookkeeper and Muhlbach. Nine medical providers have volunteered to work at the clinic.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More than two dozen Nebraska inmates who have spent time at an overcrowded Lincoln prison are suing the state prison system and its director, alleging conditions at the prison violate their civil rights.

Two separate lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court in Lincoln on Tuesday. One lawsuit is by a group of a dozen inmates and the other is by a group of 17 inmates seek class-action status.

All men sentenced to prison start their time at the Diagnostic & Evaluation Center in Lincoln, where they are evaluated before being sent to the state’s other prisons to finish out their sentences.

The state says the Lincoln prison was at 335 percent of capacity at the end of April.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Sentencing has been delayed for a teenager convicted as an adult of helping plot a fatal attack on a Scotts Bluff County jail guard.

The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports (https://bit.ly/1K0Zr0w ) that 18-year-old Guy Eagle Elk had been scheduled to be sentenced Friday, but a judge on Tuesday ordered a 90-day evaluation of the teen.

The order says sentencing will be rescheduled at a later date. Eagle Elk faces up to 50 years in prison.

Eagle Elk was convicted in March of aiding and abetting assault in the Feb. 14, 2014, strangulation of Amanda Baker. Prosecutors said Eagle Elk showed then 15-year-old Dylan Cardeilhac how to strangle Baker. Prosecutors say Cardeilhac wanted to escape and needed Baker’s keys.

Cardeilhac was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to at least 60 years.