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Omaha man killed in crash on highway near Gretna

GRETNA, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old Omaha man has died in a two-vehicle crash on Nebraska Highway 370 just east of Gretna.

The crash happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday.

Sarpy County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Erhart says a southbound car on 186th Street turned left onto the highway and was hit in the driver’s side by a westbound pickup truck. The driver of the car, Scott Hansen, was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

A stretch of the highway around the crash was shut down for about three hours. Officials continue to investigate.

Nebraska mom gets 55-75 years for killing daughter, 4

Carla Montoya
MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A northeast Nebraska woman convicted of killing her 4-year-old daughter has been given 55 to 75 years in prison.

Carla Montoya was sentenced Thursday in Madison County District Court. She’d been found guilty Jan. 31 of intentional child abuse resulting in death.

Prosecutors say Montoya told police she became angry at her daughter, Caylee, and tossed her into a bed three times on March 12, 2016, and that the girl may have hit her head on the bed frame or a wall. The girl died days later in an Omaha hospital.

Man gets 20-50 years for firing at vehicle full of people

Shantell Hickey
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been imprisoned for shooting at a vehicle full of people in Lincoln.

Shantrell Hickey was sentenced Wednesday to 20 to 50 years. He’d been found guilty of discharging a firearm near a vehicle and of using a firearm to commit a felony.

Police say he fired at least seven shots at the vehicle on Feb. 21, 2017. No injuries were reported.

No injuries reported in south-central Nebraska plane crash

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A fire chief says no one was injured in a plane crash at the Hastings airport in south-central Nebraska.

Firefighters and other first responders were dispatched to Hastings Municipal Airport around 8 a.m. Friday. Hastings Fire Chief Kent Gilbert says only a pilot and co-pilot were on board.

Gilbert says the plane crashed upon landing, ending up with its nose on the ground. He couldn’t say what caused the twin-engine aircraft’s carrier’s mishap.

Airport manager David Wacker says he doesn’t know whether winds gusting over 35 mph (56 kph) played any role in the accident.

Wacker says the plane is operated by Ameriflight, a cargo outfit based at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Ameriflight officials didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

Oklahoma man arrested in Nebraska stabbing

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is accused of paying a relative $200 and meth to cut off his wife’s hair and scar her face in a stabbing in Nebraska in 2016.

Eddy Stabler, 47, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, The Lincoln Journal Star reports.

Jacinda Welsch Stabler, 32, awoke in the early hours of May 29, 2016, to find someone attacking her, an arrest affidavit said. Welsch Stabler said she spent two nights in the hospital and required more than 30 staples to fix the stab wounds on her head, back and right hand.

She told investigators she didn’t recognize the attacker.

Welsch Stabler was divorcing Eddy Stabler but didn’t believe her husband was the attacker, the affidavit said. An anonymous tip led authorities to arrest Athea Stabler, a relative of Eddy Stabler, in July 2016. Authorities believe he was upset about the pending divorce and had Athea Stabler carry out the assault. Police believe they spent weeks planning the attack.

The divorce was never finalized. The couple now lives separately in Oklahoma.

Athea Stabler, 31, of Bertrand, has pleaded not guilty. She’s awaiting trial on charges of second-degree assault, burglary and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in Lancaster County District Court.

Eddy Stabler is in Comanche County jail in Lawton pending extradition. Court records don’t list an attorney for him.

OSHA cites northeastern Nebraska plant in worker’s death

WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — A federal workplace safety agency has cited a northeastern Nebraska egg processing plant where a worker was killed last year.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release Friday that the Michael Foods plant in Wakefield violated several safety provisions in the September death of a worker.

OSHA determined that the plant failed to properly brace a dock leveler as it was undergoing maintenance, causing it to fall on the employee who was helping with the maintenance. A dock leveler is a device used to allow a forklift to travel between a loading dock and a trailer.

OSHA says Michael Foods faces $188,464 in proposed penalties and has 15 business days to respond.

A spokeswoman at the company’s Minnetonka, Minnesota, headquarters did not immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment.

Police say boy dies after car, pickup collided in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a collision in Lincoln has killed an 8-year-old boy.

Police say the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Friday, killing 8-year-old Camden King. Police had earlier reported that the boy killed was 10 years old.

The boy was a passenger in a small car driven by his father. Lincoln police say the car pulled into an intersection after stopping and was hit by a large pickup truck. The father was thrown from the car, while Camden was trapped inside the wreckage. Both were taken to a Lincoln hospital, where Camden was pronounced dead.

Camden was a third-grader at Randolph Elementary School in Lincoln.

Police say the pickup driver was not seriously injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

Man already jailed arrested in shooting death of trucker

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have announced the arrest of a man already behind bars in the shooting death last year of a truck driver.

Police said Wednesday in a news release that 25-year-old Michael Benson has been booked on a new charge of second-degree murder for his role in the Sept. 18 shooting death of 32-year-old James Womack.

Womack was fatally shot during the day at a busy south-central Omaha intersection.

Police arrested Benson four days later on suspicion of being an accessory to a felony in the shooting.

2 teens arrested in armed robbery of Lincoln bicyclist

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police have arrested two 15-year-old boys suspected of helping rob a man riding his bike home from work.

The 49-year-old man says the robbery occurred early Wednesday morning after six teenage boys approached him. One of the boys shoved him off his bike and pointed a gun in his face. The boys then took his bike.

Officers sent to the area found the two boys. Police are seeking the remaining four.

The bike was recovered.

Driver dies, passenger injured in Saline County crash

DORCHESTER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 67-year-old driver died after his pickup truck crashed in southeast Nebraska’s Saline County.

The crash occurred Saturday, about 6½ miles (11 kilometers) south of Dorchester. The County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday that the pickup ran off the roadway when attempting to turn right. It ended up on one of its sides.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He’s been identified as Norman Sokolik, who lived in rural Dorchester.

His wife, 63-year-old Karen Sokolik, was taken to a Lincoln hospital.

The crash is being investigated.

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