LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s longest-serving inmate on death row says he should be pardoned because he thinks state officials are either too lazy or incompetent to execute him.

The Nebraska Board of Pardons will decide Tuesday whether to grant Carey Dean Moore, 60, a hearing to consider his clemency request.

“Apparently they do not want to execute me, even though I haven’t filed any appeals in over 10 years,” Moore wrote in his pardon application.

Moore was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1979 shooting deaths of two Omaha cab drivers.

Courts stayed Moore’s execution dates set in 2007 and 2011. Nebraska hasn’t executed an inmate in more than 20 years.

The Pardons Board only commuted two death sentences over the past six decades. The board requires consent from two of its three members, who are Gov. Pete Ricketts, Attorney General Doug Peterson and Secretary of State John Gale.

Both Ricketts and Peterson have supported the death penalty in the past.

Peterson requested an execution warrant from the Nebraska Supreme Court last week to carry out Moore’s execution. The warrant gives state officials a 60-day window to set a date and complete the execution.

It’s unclear when or if the state’s high court would issue the warrant.

State officials also notified Moore in January of the drugs they intend to use for lethal injection.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old Nebraska man has been convicted of helping his online girlfriend kill herself last summer.

Matthew Stubbendieck faces up to two years in prison when he’s sentenced on June 4.

Prosecutors say Stubbendieck did nothing to stop 38-year-old Alicia Wilemon-Sullivan of Orange City, Florida, from slashing her wrists in a wooded area near Weeping Water, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Omaha.

Authorities say Stubbendieck reported Wilemon-Sullivan had killed herself and led them to her body Aug. 5. Investigators say the couple arranged for Wilemon-Sullivan to fly to Nebraska from her home near Orlando to kill herself on Aug. 1.

Stubbendieck had said he believed Wilemon-Sullivan had stage-four cancer, but an autopsy found no cancerous masses or tumors. The autopsy did, however, find enough morphine in Wilemon-Sullivan’s system to cause death.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say two teens have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Lincoln last month.

Two 17-year-olds were arrested Friday in the March 26 shooting death of 22-year-old Edgar Union Jr. One of the teens, a girl, has been charged with being an accessory to second-degree murder. The other teen, a boy, had not been charged by late Friday afternoon.

Police believe a fellow gang member of the girl’s shot Union after a fight between two groups. Police say the girl lied about being at the scene and telling police she left the scene alone. Police believe she drove the shooter and others away from the scene.

Police did not detail the boy’s alleged role in the shooting.

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing to death a neighbor in northeast Nebraska will be examined to determine his competency to stand trial.

A judge granted the defense motion Wednesday for the examination of 49-year-old Rodolfo Castaneda-Morejon. He’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and use of a weapon, and his trial is scheduled to begin June 12.

Prosecutors say he killed 39-year-old Yosvanis Velazquez Gomez on Aug. 25 at a Norfolk apartment complex. Madison County District Court records say Castaneda-Morejon told investigators he confronted Velazquez Gomez about an inappropriate text message sent to Castaneda-Morejon’s girlfriend, suspecting the two were having a secret relationship. The records also say Castaneda-Morejon acknowledged stabbing Velazquez Gomez several times.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have seized 260 pounds of marijuana and arrested a driver in eastern Nebraska’s York County.

The pot’s estimated street value is $1 million and was found Monday afternoon after a routine traffic stop along Interstate 80, 2 miles west of York.

Sheriff’s Lt. Paul Vrbka says a deputy reported smelling the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, so he searched it. Vrbka says the pot was found in eight duffel bags.

The driver was arrested on suspicion of possession for sale. Court records don’t show that he’s been formally charged yet.

AUBURN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a pickup truck driver was killed when a train rammed his vehicle in southeast Nebraska.

The crash occurred around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday on the east side of Auburn. Authorities say 86-year-old Donald Kruger was headed east on U.S. Highway 136 when his pickup was struck by the northbound train.

The crash is being investigated. Kruger lived in Auburn.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a motorcyclist has been killed in an early-morning hit-and-run in Omaha, and investigators are seeking the driver who fled.

Police say in a news release that the crash happened around 6:40 a.m. Wednesday when a sport utility vehicle ran a stop sign and hit a motorcycle. Investigators say the motorcyclist ended up underneath the SUV, which fled, running over the motorcyclist. Police say 31-year-old Juan Moreno-Tamayo died at the scene.

Police say witnesses were able to give investigators a description of the vehicle and license plate number. Police have identified the owner and are searching for him and the suspected vehicle.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State officials have closed an Omaha child care center after the woman who ran it was charged with gun and drug counts.

An emergency order issued Tuesday night by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says Joquana Goynes, the director of Klassy Kidz Corner, can no longer provide care for any children other than her own.

The 41-year-old Goynes was arrested Saturday and charged with manufacturing, distributing or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance with a firearm, possession of more than a pound of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp.

Court records show police found nearly three pounds of marijuana at Goynes’ home and a loaded 9 mm handgun under her bed.

Goynes has pleaded not guilty. She is free on $3,000 cash bond.