(AP) — A 52-year-old Colorado man who said he was hauling medical marijuana when he was pulled over in Nebraska has been fined $4,000.

David LaRochelle pleaded guilty on Monday and was fined for possessing more than a pound of marijuana. Prosecutors had lowered the charge and dropped another in return for LaRochelle’s plea.

LaRochelle was arrested July 25 after a Nebraska state trooper pulled him over for speeding. Nearly 7 pounds of pot was found in his vehicle.

LaRochelle, of Crestone, Colo., said in court Monday that he and a friend had opened a legal medical marijuana business in Colorado. LaRochelle said he was taking the marijuana found in his vehicle to another friend, in Omaha, who wanted some to help treat his cancer.

(AP) — Pleas of not guilty have been entered for a woman and her son charged with killing a 68-year-old southern Nebraska woman.

41-year-old Shelley Casterline and 23-year-old Andrew Casterline, of Guide Rock, are both charged with first-degree murder, burglary and a weapons crime. Their not-guilty pleas were entered on Monday in Webster County District Court in Red Cloud.

They are charged in the stabbing death of Virginia Barone. Barone was found in her Guide Rock home on Oct. 5 with 22 stab wounds. Her body was partially covered by boards. Barone’s son was Shelley Casterline’s live-in boyfriend.

The Casterlines were arrested the next day in Newton, Iowa, accused of mugging a woman in a parking lot.

(AP) — Omaha police have detained a man who threatened to jump off a bridge onto Interstate 80.

Omaha police spokesman James Shade says all the westbound lanes of the interstate at the 36th Street bridge were closed for less than hour Tuesday due to a suicidal party. Traffic was temporarily diverted, but all lanes have been reopened.

Shade says officers were able to talk the man down and secure him from jumping. He is now in custody.

Additional information has not been released.

(AP) — A Nebraska county treasurer is stepping into one of his employees’ shoes as part of a charity deal.

Douglas County Treasurer John W. Ewing, Jr. will be a customer service technician for two hours Wednesday at the Maple Customer Service Center.

Ewing made a pledge to employees that anyone who contributed $50 or more to a recent United Way campaign would be eligible for a special drawing. The winner of the drawing would have some of their work done by Ewing.

Employee Jennifer Bevins was declared the winner. Ewing’s staff raised $2,700 for the campaign.

(AP) — A 26-year-old York man has made a deal with prosecutors and been convicted for shooting at a sheriff’s deputy.

Max McCall pleaded no contest to three charges on Monday: attempted first-degree assault on an officer, flight to avoid arrest and use of a firearm to commit a felony. Prosecutors dropped other charges in exchange for McCall’s pleas. His trial was to begin Dec. 3. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 16.

Authorities say the deputy was responding to a call about McCall on Aug. 11 when the deputy spotted McCall’s vehicle and gave chase. The chase ended when McCall’s vehicle went into a ditch.

Sheriff Dale Radcliff has said McCall fired twice at the deputy but missed. The deputy shot back, hitting McCall twice.

(AP) — Omaha’s Christmas tree has been cut down from a local yard and delivered to the Durham Museum downtown.

Union Pacific employees removed the 45-foot-tall Colorado Blue Spruce tree from Kevin and Linda Redlinger’s yard in west Omaha on Monday.

The railroad has been providing a tree for Omaha’s Christmas celebration for more than 75 years.

In the past, the railroad used to cut down a tree along its right of way in the Pacific Northwest and bring the tree to Omaha. But this year is the 22nd year when Union Pacific harvested a tree locally for the tradition.

The tree will be decorated before the lighting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 29, at 4 p.m.