(AP) — An October trial has been scheduled for a Grand Island man accused of stealing a skid loader to rip up and carry off an automated teller machine.

41-year-old Bryce Malesker has pleaded not guilty to theft and other charges stemming from an incident on April 26.

Police say officers dispatched to the Five Points Bank building on South Locus found the skid loader and then followed it down Grand Island streets while it carried the ATM in its front bucket. The ATM soon fell onto the roadway, and the skid loader continued through yards and fences before hitting and damaging an elementary school.

Malesker was arrested after the skid loader stalled out on a curb.

(AP) — A 41-year-old man is being held on $5 million bail after police say he castrated a paraplegic during a dispute at an assisted living facility in Philadelphia.

Authorities say Edgar Bonilla is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other counts in Monday night’s attack inside the Inglis Apartments at Elmwood. Lt. John Walker says Bonilla was visiting a female friend at the facility and that she apparently had some sort of dispute with the victim.

Walker says Bonilla was apparently trying to settle that dispute. The victim, Bonilla and the woman were all apparently friends.

Bonilla is in custody and it couldn’t immediately be determined if he had an attorney. The name of the victim wasn’t released, but he remains in critical condition at a hospital.

(AP) — The National Weather Service says radar shows a tornado briefly touched down over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms and stairwells until a tornado warning passed.

There are no immediate reports of damage.

Weather service meteorologist Kyle Fredin says a 97 mph gust was measured at the airport before communications with instruments there were briefly knocked out Tuesday. Dark clouds blanketed parts of the horizon over the plains to the east.

Airport officials say some flights headed to Denver were diverted elsewhere.

Television coverage showed the airport’s normally busy terminal was empty during the tornadowarning.

As the storm passed, police briefly blocked traffic from Interstate 70 to Pena Boulevard, which leads to the airport.

(AP) — Officials say a body found in the Missouri River at South Sioux City was that of a missing Nebraska man.

Dakota County Attorney Kim Watson on Monday confirmed the identification of Anthony Campbell, of Waterbury.

Campbell had been missing since he went into the water around 4 a.m. Friday at Scenic Park Campground and was swept away. The body was found around 1 p.m. Sunday near a railroad bridge about a mile south of the campground.

South Sioux City Police Chief Scot Ford says Campbell went to the riverfront park with a woman. Her name isn’t being released, but Ford says she doesn’t face any charges stemming from the incident.

(AP) — A 6-year-old San Francisco Bay area boy has died after he was attacked by a relative’s dog.

Authorities say the attack occurred around 11:30 a.m. Monday at a grandparent’s home in Union City. The dog has been described as a pit bull or pit bull mix.

Union City Police Cmdr. Ben Horner says family members told investigators the boy was playing with the dog and may have attempted to climb on its back when he was attacked. The dog bit the boy on top of his head.

The boy has been identified as Nephi Selu. He died at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto.

 

(AP) — A 32-year-old Nebraska woman has been sentenced to 30 months of probation for her fake marriage to a man who was living in the country illegally.

A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says Crystal Foster was sentenced for harboring an alien.

Prosecutors say Foster married Ibrahim Matari in 2009 and tried to have his citizenship status changed.

But the stories Foster and Matari told investigators were inconsistent. Investigators determined that Matari was already married to another woman, and he had stayed in the country after his student visa expired.

Matari, who was born in Kuwait, was sentenced last month to time served and removed from the country.

(AP) — Trial has begun for a Nebraska couple accused of burning down a steakhouse they owned in the South Dakota town of Springfield to collect insurance money.

Niobrara residents Charles and Kimberly Johnson earlier pleaded not guilty to second-degree arson and reckless burning in the October 2010 fire that destroyed their restaurant and another business and damaged a third. Each could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

A 12-person jury was seated Monday in Tyndall. The trial is expected to last through the week.

(AP) — A 22-year-old passenger has been killed and another injured in a rollover crash west of Seward.

The Seward County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday. The car was headed east on Bluff Road when it ran off the pavement and rolled.

The office says Austin Krivda died at the scene. Michael Johnson, also of Seward, has been taken to a Lincoln hospital.

The car driver was taken to Memorial Hospital in Seward and later released. Her name hasn’t been disclosed.

The accident cause is being investigated.

(AP) — An Omaha man who created an elaborate scheme to avoid paying more than $422,000 in taxes has been given a year and a day in prison.

Federal prosecutors said Monday that 50-year-old Michael Haffke also must serve two years of supervised release after he leaves prison. Haffke had pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy.

Prosecutors say Haffke created more than 40 different business entities as part of his scheme to hide taxable income and didn’t file any personal returns for several years. Prosecutors say Haffke later filed returns in 2012 for the tax years 2003 through 2007 and paid the taxes owed.

As part of his plea agreement, Haffke must work with the IRS to determine whether he owes any more taxes and must pay those taxes, if any.

 

(AP) — New technology to reduce bad breath that was developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has been licensed to a Chinese company.

UNMC’s licensing unit, UNeMed Corporation, says the new form of menthol has been licensed to Bohe Biotech, which will try to develop commercial products with it.

Menthol is a common ingredient in oral hygiene products.

UNMC Researcher Dong Wang says the menthol he developed binds to the surface of teeth and slowly releases its flavor over time.

Bohe Biotech hopes to develop an additive with the long-lasting menthol that could be used in mouthwash, floss, chewing gum or toothpaste.