New Orleans police and federal authorities are searching for a young man who’s suspected of opening fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19.

Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas identified the suspect late Monday as 19-year-old Akein Scott of New Orleans. Serpas said several people identified Scott as the gunman based on blurry surveillance camera images of the mass shooting.

Serpas said officers would be searching all night and into Tuesday for Scott, whom he called “no stranger to the criminal justice system.” He urged the teen, who has previous arrests on firearms and drug charges, to turn himself in.

Three gunshot victims remained in critical condition Monday, though their wounds didn’t appear to be life-threatening. Most of the wounded had been released from the hospital.

A 19-year-old Grand Island man has been given federal prison time for helping a friend get away from police.

Federal prosecutors say Luis Green-Chavez was sentenced on Friday to 12 months and a day in prison. He must serve a year of supervised release after he leaves custody.

In November a jury found Green-Chavez guilty of being an accessory after the fact. Prosecutors say that in August last year, Green-Chavez drove the friend, Alexander Martinez, away after Martinez made a threat to a federal officer at a Grand Island home.

Prosecutors say Green-Chavez sped through town and ran stop signs during a chase by police and later dropped off Martinez and another man. Martinez was captured after a couple days.

A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan will be court-martialed.

The U.S. Marine Corps announced Monday that Capt. James V. Clement will be tried for dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and failure to stop misconduct by those under his command. The charges were referred for trial following an evidentiary hearing held last month at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

A date for the upcoming court-martial has not been set. Two Marine sergeants have already been convicted in the case with another enlisted soldier still awaiting trial.

Defense lawyer John Dowd says Clement is being scapegoated a result of political correctness and hysteria. Video of the incident posted on YouTube caused widespread outrage among Afghans.

 

A Nebraska man has been given jail time for allowing his son to stay at his home after escaping from a minimum-security prison in South Dakota.

Robert Thorngren, of South Sioux City, was sentenced Monday in Dakota County Court to 220 days in jail on a misdemeanor charge of accessory to a felony. He must pay a $500 fine.

The 45-year-old Thorngren was arrested in March after his son, 30-year-old Travis Thorngren, went missing from the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. He had been serving a five-year sentence on a grand theft conviction in Lincoln County.

Travis Thorngren pleaded not guilty to criminal impersonation. He is accused of giving a fake name when he was arrested.

 

Authorities in western Colorado say a human skeleton found in a partially buried car belongs to a man who was reported missing 26 years ago.

The Mesa County Coroner’s Office identified the man on Monday as 65-year-old Ronald Vasey. He went missing in 1987.

The sheriff’s department says someone hiking near John Brown Canyon Road, near Gateway, called 911 at about 6 p.m. Thursday to report a crashed vehicle below a cliff. The old station wagon was roughly 100 feet off the roadway, and it was partially obscured by rocks and sediment that presumably washed down over the years.

Deputies found personal items in the car, including clothing and credit cards.

The coroner’s office says it appears Vasey committed suicide.

Southern California authorities say four youngsters could be charged with attempted murder after they beat and critically injured a man with their skateboards.

The Orange County Register says it happened Friday night after a woman bystander tried to break up a fight between two groups at a Huntington Beach skate park.

Police Lt. Chad Nichols says the skateboarders turned on the woman, and her boyfriend intervened and was chased to a nearby coin laundry and beaten with skateboards. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Seven boys under the age of 18 were detained. Four of them were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and were booked at Juvenile Hall.

Authorities say all four were on probation for previous crimes.

A southeast Nebraska man and his former wife have been accused of looting his mother’s accounts.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says that about $156,000 was taken from the 69-year-old woman between April 2011 and this past February.

Online court records say 45-year-old Brian Robinson, of Roca, and 39-year-old Carla Robinson, of Hickman, are charged with felony theft and abuse of a vulnerable adult.

Wagner says the Robinsons violated guidelines of a power of attorney granted by Brian Robinson’s mother.

Nebraska officials are sponsoring a behavioral health conference in Lincoln.

The conference will run from Monday through Wednesday at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln. About 500 people are expected to attend.

Scot Adams, director of the state’s behavioral health division, says the conference will provide information about recovery, peer support services, trauma and emerging trends in behavioral health.

Behavioral health includes mental health, substance abuse and problem gambling issues.

A 15-year-old Nebraska girl who was critically injured in a car accident last week has died.

Officials say Anna Lundberg was taken off life support on Friday night. Police say Lundberg was a passenger in a vehicle that was rear-ended on the West Dodge expressway last Monday.

The Hyundai Elantra that Lundberg was riding in was either slowing down or stopped with its hazard lights on when it was hit by a pickup truck.

Lundberg suffered head and lung injuries in the crash. The Hyundai’s driver, 44-year-old Yesha Lundberg, and the two people in the truck suffered only minor injuries.

James Holmes is asking a judge to allow him to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in the deadly Colorado theater shootings.

Holmes will seek the new plea at a hearing Monday. He faces murder and attempted murder charges in the July 20 attack, which killed 12 and injured 70.

No motive has emerged, but Holmes’ attorneys have repeatedly said their client is mentally ill.

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

The insanity plea carries risks for both sides. Holmes must submit to a mental evaluation by state doctors, and their findings could be used against him by prosecutors.

The plea also makes it harder for prosecutors to get a conviction. They must convince jurors that Holmes was sane at the time of the shootings.