A North Platte man is going to prison for selling methamphetamine in the North Platte/Lincoln County area.

Timothy Caudillo appeared for sentencing, Monday, in Lincoln County District Court.

Caudillo was one of 17 people arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and C.O.D.E. Drug task force, in June, for distribution of methamphetamine.

Lincoln County Attorney Rebecca Harling asked Judge Donald Rowlands for a lengthy sentence in the Nebraska State Penitentiary.

Caudillo’s attorney, Angela Franz, said that Caudillo accepted responsibility for his crime, and was ready to turn his life around.

Judge Rowlands then sentenced Caudillo to two to six years in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, for distribution of methamphetamine.

He was given credit for 56 days served in the Lincoln County Detention Center.

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A Cheyenne, Wyoming man, convicted of severely beating a man at a Hershey truck stop, will spend the next five to ten years in prison.

Martin Davidson appeared in Lincoln County District Court for sentencing on Monday.

Last September, deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Western Truck Stop in Hershey on the report of an assault.

Deputies arrived to find the victim with serious injuries, after being assaulted by Davidson.

Officials say the victim let a cigarette in the bathroom of the truck stop, and was approached by Davidson who asked him to put it out.

They say the two men then began arguing, and Davidson unleashed a beating by punching and kicking the man.

According to prosecutors, the victim was transported to Creighton University Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, and sustained permanent damage to one eye.

District Court Judge Donald Rowland stated, prior to sentencing, that the victim accrued well over $100,000 in medical costs and lost wages, not to mention the permanent physical damage he sustained.

Davidson’s attorney, Blaine Gillette, addressed the court saying that Davidson had no crimes of violence on his record, and no felony convictions, which he asked the court to take into consideration prior to sentencing.

Judge Rowlands then sentenced Davidson to five to ten years in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for 1st degree assault.

He was given credit for 359 days served in the Lincoln County Detention Center.

A North Platte man who stole from a family member is going to prison.

Joshua Richards appeared in Lincoln County District Court for sentencing on Monday.

According to prosecutors, North Platte Police responded to a a reported theft in the 3100 block of Ioke Street in May.

The victim reported that they believed their family member, Richards, has stolen a laptop from their bedroom.

The victim told police that they had spoken to Richards, who told them a the laptop was at his friend’s house.  The victim said they contacted the friend, who told them he hadn’t talked to Richards in over a year.

The next day, the victim contacted police to report that Richards had stolen jewelry from them.

Officers eventually conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Richards was driving, and were able to recover some of the stolen property.

Richards was convicted of burglary, a Class III felony.

Prior to sentencing, District Court Judge Donald Rowlands noted Richards’ extensive criminal record, which dated back to 2004.

He also stated that Richards had been placed on probation four different times, and probation had been revoked in each case.

Judge Rowlands then sentenced Richards to not less than one and a half to not more than three years in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.

Richards was remanded to the custody of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office to await transport to Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln Children’s Zoo will again host a Sensory Safari for students with disabilities.

The event, also sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, gives children with disabilities a chance to engage in science exploration through sight, sound, touch and smell. This event will be held Oct. 1 at the zoo.

Stations will include a live fish touch tank, live native reptiles and amphibians, prairie plants, skulls and pelts of Nebraska mammals, birds of Nebraska, live insects and arthropods and smells of nature.

The event costs $3.50 per person. Pre-registration is required at www.lincolnzoo.org. Transportation scholarships are available for school districts seeking to bring students to the event.

A pair of transients are facing charges after North Platte Police found them in various states of undress under the South River Bridge.

At around 7:20 p.m., on September 5, North Platte Police responded to the South River Bridge on the report of a male subject wearing no clothes.

Upon arrival, officers located 30-year-old Randy Nevsimal completely undressed, and a female companion, 19-year-old Jessie Hopkins, wearing nothing but a shirt, under the southbound bridge.

Following further investigation, officers determined that there was probable cause to arrest both Nevsimal and Hopkins and charge them with 2nd degree criminal trespassing and public indecency, both misdemeanors.

The duo was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and jailed.

• Today: Sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
• Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Breezy, with a north wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. North wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
• Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

GERING, Neb. (AP) — Bridge work is scheduled to begin this coming week on Nebraska Highway 71 in Scotts Bluff County.

The Nebraska Roads Department says expansion joints will be replaced at five bridge locations. There will be lane closures and reduced speeds.

The work is expected to be finished this fall.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Women will remain a minority in the Nebraska Legislature next year no matter who wins in November.

Women now hold 10 seats in the 49-member Legislature. Three will leave office in January because of term limits. Six women are running for the first time, all in districts represented by men.

If all incumbents and the first-timers win, there would be 13 women in the Legislature.

Civic and political groups say they’re troubled to see relatively few women legislators in a state where women comprise slightly more than half of the population. Some are trying to draw more into the public realm.

Lona Ferguson of the Nebraska Federation of Republican Women says her group helps run “campaign schools” with the state party to recruit more women. Democrats are undertaking similar efforts.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A national survey says the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has dropped 2 cents over the last two weeks, to $3.46, bringing the decline to 25 cents over the last 11 weeks.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that falling crude oil prices drove the declines, although the drop was more moderate than earlier this summer. If crude prices don’t rise, Lundberg says prices at the pump may fall more as refiners shift to winter-grade gasoline, which costs less to produce.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had the lowest price among cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, with $3.11 a gallon. San Francisco had the highest at $3.88 a gallon.

The average price for a gallon of midgrade gasoline was $3.67 a gallon, and premium was $3.83.

In Nebraska, the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.36.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska tenants can be forced to move on short notice when authorities decide apartment buildings or homes are unsafe if landlords won’t make repairs.

Nebraska is unusual in that it doesn’t require landlords who refuse to make repairs to pay any of their tenants’ relocation costs.

In Lincoln, Tina Tafoya will officially lose her apartment near the Capitol on Monday morning. Tafoya had less than two weeks to find a new home and a deposit, and she lives on a $698 monthly disability check.

Mary Morris-Braun, who works helping tenants at Lincoln’s Community Action Partnership, says this situation is uncommon, but it would be a big help if landlords were required to help with moving expenses in these cases.