Courtesy of the North Platte Police Department

04/21/2014

00:48:12

14-006725

28-511

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL-GAS FROM SELF SERV STATION

700 E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

01:31:47

14-006726

7165

ALARM-BURGLARY CALL IN

1100 S WILLOW ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

01:59:13

14-006727

60-392

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

200 W 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

03:04:18

14-006728

4060

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

LBF, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

03:49:40

14-006729

4011

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

700 RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

05:30:55

14-006730

28-1322

DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

1500 E D ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

06:57:48

14-006731

7012

ESCORT- ADAMS & SWANSON

400 W 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

07:04:01

14-006732

5506

LOOSE ANIMALS

1200 S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

07:28:01

14-006733

4005

WELFARE CHECK

1200 GRANDE AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

08:26:59

14-006734

6020

PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT

S JEFFERS ST /W FRANCIS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

09:05:09

14-006735

28-511

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

4000 SUGARBERRY RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

10:11:25

14-006736

28-707

CHILD ABUSE-NON VIOLENT

NORTH PLATTE, 1 NORTH PLATTE NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

10:16:20

14-006737

28-515

THEFT OF SERVICES BY DECEPTION

900 GRANDE AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

00:00:00

14-006738

28-922

TAMPERING WITH PHYS EVIDENCE

1300 E 15th NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

04/21/2014

11:18:15

14-006739

28-511

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

2100 E D ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

11:34:34

14-006741

5502

BARKING DOGS

2300 E PHILIP AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

11:50:10

14-006742

4044

VEHICLE INSPECTION

NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:10:21

14-006743

60-392

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

S JEFFERS ST / REID AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:27:27

14-006744

6000

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL

S JEFFERS ST /W FRANCIS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:28:24

14-006745

60-696

LV SCENE OF ACC PROP DAMA

1300 S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:29:35

14-006746

6000

TRAFFIC ACCIDENT-GENERAL

100 S JEFFERS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:40:57

14-006747

60-6186

SPEEDING

200-300 Blk S. Buffalo NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:43:12

14-006748

28-519

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

1300 N BRYAN AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

12:51:14

14-006749

60-6123

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

RODEO RD /N WILLOW ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:01:48

14-006750

4000

NON-CRIMINAL/GENERAL

1300 E 13TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:06:07

14-006751

7502

ASSIST FIRE DEPT

700 S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:17:14

14-006752

5510

ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER

2300 E PHILIP AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:21:02

14-006753

60-6186

SPEEDING

100 N BUFFALO BILL AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:34:12

14-006754

6602

72 HR PARKING VIOLATION

800 N DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:41:11

14-006755

60-6186

SPEEDING

2100 Blk W 4th North Platte, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:46:08

14-006756

5510

ANIMAL COMPLAINT OTHER

1200 N POPLAR ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:55:26

14-006758

5504

DOG BITES

300 W 7TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

13:55:04

14-006759

4011

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

300 E B ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

14:00:25

14-006760

4044

VEHICLE INSPECTION

400 EUGENE AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

14:08:39

14-006761

28-511

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

1600 W E ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

14:53:06

14-006762

60-6159

ILLEGAL TURN

N JEFFERS ST /E 6TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

15:06:54

14-006764

60-392

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

W D ST /S VINE ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

15:08:51

14-006765

28-521

2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS

1200 Grande North Platte, NE 69101

04/21/2014

15:25:59

14-006766

60-392

EXPIRED PLATES/REGISTRATION

N JEFFERS ST /E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

15:31:02

14-006769

28-511.01

THEFT BY SHOPLIFTING

2400 RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

15:53:19

14-006770

6020

PROP DAMAGE-NO ALC RELAT

N JEFFERS ST / RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

16:02:15

14-006771

28-521

2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS

2400 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

16:44:30

14-006774

6602

72 HR PARKING VIOLATION

1100 W 3RD ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

17:01:42

14-006776

4011

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

NORTH PLATTE, 1 NORTH PLATTE NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

17:02:20

14-006777

28-511

THEFT BY EXER CONTROL- ALL OTHER

2600 W 21ST ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

17:20:35

14-006778

2420

FAMILY DIST-NO ASSAULT

600 S CARR AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

17:25:29

14-006779

5004

LOST PROPERTY

1200 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

18:15:19

14-006780

4008

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

400 E FRANCIS ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

18:18:35

14-006781

6600

GEN PARK & TRAFFIC

100 W 16TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

18:42:38

14-006782

6602

72 HR PARKING VIOLATION

500 S BAILEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

18:49:05

14-006783

4008

SUSPICIOUS PERSON

600 W 3RD ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

18:52:14

14-006784

60-6123

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

9th / Willow NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

04/21/2014

19:05:34

14-006785

4002

CITIZEN ASSIST

600 W LEOTA ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

19:18:09

14-006786

28-1322

DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

500 N TAFT AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

19:21:02

14-006787

28-519

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

E E ST /Griffith North Platte, NE 69101

04/21/2014

19:41:25

14-006788

28-519

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF

E E ST E /S GRIFFITH AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

20:03:55

14-006790

2460

HARRASS-ANNOY PHONECALLS

400 W 2ND ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

20:28:29

14-006791

60-6123

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

9th / Willow NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

04/21/2014

20:27:41

14-006792

28-521

2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS

300 E E ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

21:27:42

14-006793

28-1322

DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

1200 E 4TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

21:53:21

14-006795

60-6186

SPEEDING

900 S BUFFALO BILL AV NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

21:51:06

14-006797

28-521

2ND DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS

2400 W 9TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

22:47:40

14-006798

60-4108

DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION

E B ST /S DEWEY ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

23:22:22

14-006799

4060

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

LBF, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

23:43:22

14-006800

28-323

DOMEST ASSAULT-MISD

2300 W D ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

23:46:16

14-006801

4050

WATCH FOR/INFORMATION

NORTH PLATTE, 1 NORTH PLATTE NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/21/2014

23:44:30

14-006802

4011

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

1400 RODEO RD NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/22/2014

00:45:09

14-006803

60-6123

TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS

12th ST / Jeffers ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69103

04/22/2014

01:32:04

14-006804

4014

OPEN DOORS OR WINDOWS

NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/22/2014

02:06:31

14-006805

28-1322

DISTURBING THE PEACE AND QUIET

2800 W 5TH ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/22/2014

04:18:19

14-006806

4060

AIRPORT SECURITY CHKPOINT

LBF, 5400 E LEE BIRD DR NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

04/22/2014

04:55:56

14-006807

4002

CITIZEN ASSIST

600 W LEOTA ST NORTH PLATTE, NE 69101

(AP) — Nebraska farmers are just beginning to plant their spring crops, but the U.S. Agriculture Department says conditions remain dry across a large part of the state.

The USDA says much of western Nebraska continues to experience severe drought.

And only about 46 percent of the state’s topsoil and 39 percent of its subsoil has adequate or surplus moisture.

The USDA estimates that 59 percent of Nebraska’s winter wheat is in good or excellent shape.

About 4 percent of the corn crop has been planted, which is a bit behind the average of 6 percent at this point in the year.

(AP) — The city of Chadron will host an airport fly-in breakfast to dedicate its new firefighting air base.

The event is scheduled for Saturday morning at the Chadron Municipal Airport. The base will help provide service to a new Single Engine Air Tanker, an airplane that will be stationed there part-time to fight wildfires.

Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The dedication ceremony is set for 10 a.m., with Nebraska state Sen. Al Davis and Chadron Mayor Karin Fischer.

The event is open to the public, and Young Eagle airplane rides will be available. Firefighters and fly-in pilots can eat for free; others eat for a donation.

Chadron City Manager Wayne Anderson says the event seeks to recognize the team effort required to finish the air base.

• Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
• Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
• Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 13 to 16 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

(AP) — Officials say better technology is allowing the Nebraska State Patrol to save money as it consolidates its dispatch centers down to three from six.

For example, the new technology will let a dispatcher in Omaha send a trooper in Scottsbluff to a call in Alliance.

The patrol superintendent is Col. David Sankey, and he says that although dispatchers will be farther from the troopers they’re directing, he doesn’t think that will pose problems.

But Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger says he’s concerned that dispatchers elsewhere won’t know the layout of northeast Nebraska.

The first dispatch operation to close will be the Norfolk center in May. The second phase will be implemented by summer 2015. A committee will determine which center will close next.

The consolidation is expected to save $750,000.

(AP) — A former Kearney church youth pastor faces up to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting three boys.

37-year-old Thomas A. Jones was sentenced Monday in Buffalo County District Court. Jones was convicted of two counts of felony sexual assault of child, two counts of felony third-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of attempted first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Prosecutors say the incidents took place in Kearney between 1999 and 2006. In each case, Jones exposed himself to the boys, touched their private parts or was involved in oral sex with them.

Jones was sentenced to 17 to 40 years in prison. With good time credit, he could be eligible for parole in 8 ½ years.

(AP) — A Nebraska man accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and former divorce attorney has pleaded no contest in the death of his ex-wife.

Michael Petersen entered the plea Monday in Hall County District Court for the Buffalo County charge.

Petersen, of rural Glenvil, faced two counts each of first-degree murder and use of a weapon for the Nov. 13 slayings of 52-year-old Todd Elsbernd and 58-year-old Nancy Peterson.

Elsbernd was shot with a rifle outside his Grand Island law office. Police say that earlier in the day, Nancy Petersen was found dead outside her rural Buffalo County home.

Prosecutors agreed to drop the weapons charge against Michael Petersen in exchange for the plea in his ex-wife’s death. Michael Petersen has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from Elsbernd’s death.

 

(AP) — Federal grants are now available for projects to help improve Nebraska’s soil health.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service says public and private groups can apply for the funding. Officials say a total of $150,000 is available, and the maximum award for any one project is $75,000. Applications are due by the close of business on May 16.

The Conservation Innovation Grants are designed to help speed the development of new technology and practices.

Grant proposals will need to focus on at least one of several soil health topics. Possible topics include the effect that cover crops have on soil erosion and soil moisture, grazing management, and the impacts of no-till compared with conventional tillage systems.

(AP) — Three city workers have been arrested and charged in the theft and sale of scrap metal from the Nebraska Panhandle city of Bayard.

Court documents say Bayard streets superintendent Kevin Wurm told two of his workers to sell the metal and evenly divide the proceeds between the three of them. Authorities say three loads of scrap metal were sold earlier this month to a salvage yard in Minatare (mihn-uh-TEHR’) for a total of nearly $940.

The 44-year-old Wurm is charged with felony theft. Twenty-nine-year-old Joshua Buskirk and 31-year-old Joshua Kinney are charged with felony aiding and abetting.

Online court records don’t list attorneys for any of the three men.

(AP) — The case against a 16-year-old who is accused of helping with the fatal assault of a Western Nebraska jail guard earlier this year will remain in adult court.

District Judge Travis O’Gorman rejected a motion to move Guy Eagle Elk’s case to juvenile court.

Eagle Elk is accused of aiding in the assault that killed Scotts Bluff County Corrections Officer Amanda Baker on Feb. 14. He has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors say Eagle Elk told a fellow inmate how to choke Baker into unconsciousness so her jail keys could be taken, and Eagle Elk encouraged the other inmate to carry out the attack.

Eagle Elk, of Lisco, Neb., has said he didn’t intend for the guard to be seriously hurt. He is scheduled for a July trial.