OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a suspect shot in neck by an Omaha police officer during a struggle at a traffic stop has been released from the hospital and booked into the Douglas County Jail.

Micah Taylor has been charged with assault on an officer, flight to avoid arrest and drug and weapons charges.

Police say the 21-year-old Taylor was shot Thursday after being stopped as part of a police sting on U.S. Highway 75 by Officer David Staskiewicz. Police say Taylor struggled with Staskiewicz when he refused to get out of his car, then took off in the car, briefly dragging Staskiewicz. Staskiewicz fired his gun three times as he was dragged, hitting Taylor once.

Staskiewicz suffered minor injuries in the struggle.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says police video of the incident shows Staskiewicz was justified in using deadly force.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a man after drugs were found in his sport utility vehicle after a traffic stop along Interstate 80 in east Omaha.

The stop was made around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the deputy who pulled over the SUV became suspicious and deployed his patrol dog. The office says the dog alerted the deputy to the presence of drugs in the SUV. A search turned up 23 bags containing nearly 27 pounds (12 kilograms) of marijuana and 2,000 vials of what deputies suspect is hash oil.

The Sheriff’s Office says the driver was traveling from California to Des Moines, Iowa. He was arrested on suspicion of possession for sale and of other crimes. Court records don’t show that he’s been formally charged.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A retired Omaha fire captain found guilty earlier this year of sexually assaulting three young girls, including two foster children, has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison.

60-year-old Lee Dunbar was sentenced Friday to 15-16 years on each of all five counts of first-degree child sexual assault. The judge ordered the sentences served at the same time.

Prosecutors have said all of the victims were under the age of 12 when they were assaulted by Dunbar at his home. The foster children were 8 and 9 when they were assaulted.

They testified during the trial that Dunbar would assault them repeatedly as they watched movies in his bedroom.

Dunbar had faced up to life in prison.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An appeal by an Omaha man convicted of killing a longtime family friend has resulted in a stiffer — not lighter — prison sentence.

Matthew Kidder was convicted in 2016 of first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon in the death of 28-year-old Jessyka Nelson, who had been raped and strangled in her home on June 25, 2015. Kidder was sentenced to life in prison. He was also initially sentenced to 50 years for the weapon count, but a judge modified it to 20 years after being told 50 years was outside the range allowed by law.

On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld Kidder’s convictions and life sentence, but ordered the trial court to reinstate its original 50-year sentence, saying Nebraska law does allow up to 50 years and “thus, the court’s initial pronouncement … was valid.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say an officer fired his gun three times as he was briefly dragged by a car he had stopped on U.S. Highway 75.

The account comes a day after Officer David Staskiewicz, as part of a police sting operation, stopped 21-year-old Micah Taylor on the highway.

Police say the 49-year-old Staskiewicz ordered Taylor out of the car, and Taylor refused. Police say when Staskiewicz opened Taylor’s door and tried to remove him, a struggle ensued. Staskiewicz pulled his gun and Taylor drove off, dragging the officer. Police say Staskiewicz then fired three shots, hitting Taylor once in the neck.

Taylor soon crashed and was taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Police say he’ll be charged with assaulting an officer and other counts when he’s released from the hospital.

Staskiewicz was treated at a hospital for injuries caused by being dragged.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in eastern Nebraska say they have seized methamphetamine, opioids and marijuana in two separate traffic stops along Interstate 80 in Omaha.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the first stop around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday led to a search of the stopped car that turned up three pounds of meth and three packages of prescription fentanyl. Two people in the car were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to deliver and having no drug tax stamp.

Early Thursday morning, a deputy stopped another car, which was found to contain two suitcases holding 20 vacuum sealed bags of marijuana totaling 22 pounds. Deputies say they also found 20 grams of suspected meth and 62 grams of hash. That driver, too, was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to deliver and having no drug tax stamp.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two of the five people charged in connection with several Lincoln bank robberies have changed their pleas to guilty.

Israel Holmes entered his plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. Julian Huffman entered his plea last week.

The three other suspects are scheduled to enter pleas in the coming weeks.

Court records say seven banks were robbed for a total of more than $49,000 from May through October. Prosecutors say pepper spray was used on bank employees in at least two of the robberies and the robbers also used realistic-looking BB guns to menace the employees.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the names of an Omaha officer and a driver who were injured during a struggle in which a shot was fired.

Officers stopped a car Thursday afternoon on U.S. Highway 75 in northeast Omaha. Police say an officer struggled with the driver and the gunshot rang out. Police have not said whether the driver, the officer or someone else fired the shot.

Police say the driver fled in the car and soon crashed. He was taken to a Nebraska Medical Center.

Police said in a news release Thursday that he’s been identified as 21-year-old Micah Taylor, who suffered a minor gunshot wound to his neck area. The officer’s been identified as 49-year-old David Staskiewicz, who was treated for a minor injury not caused by a gunshot.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a man outside an Omaha convenience store.

Omaha police say 29-year-old Forrest Cox III was arrested Thursday. Court records say he’s charged with first-degree murder and two weapons counts. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him. He’s being held in Douglas County Jail.

Cox is accused of shooting 25-year-old Laron Rogers on March 6 last year. Police say Rogers died 16 days later.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man who robbed a bank with the goal of receiving medical treatment in prison has been asked by a judge to consider probation instead.

Terry L. Bailes, 54, appeared in Gage County District Court on Wednesday to be sentenced for attempted robbery. He had pleaded no contest in the case.

Bailes developed a hand condition that prevents him from doing simple tasks, court records said. Because of the condition, he lost his job at Landoll Corporation and eventually lost his home, Bailes said.

Bailes asked a teller to call authorities when he demanded money from a Great Western Bank in October, court records said. He didn’t have a weapon and left the bank with $10. He then purchased cigarettes and waited for authorities to arrive.

Bailes said he has no family, and that going to prison might be the only way he could get medical attention.

“I felt as though my back was against the wall,” Bailes said. “I know it was a poor judgment. This way, I think I can get medical care.”

Bailes has other theft convictions in his criminal history, the most recent from 2005, said Judge Rick Schreiner.

Schreiner delayed the sentencing Wednesday and encouraged Bailes to consider probation. He also suggested Bailes to reach out to a friend who could support him. The judge said he doesn’t “believe prison is for the poor and homeless.”

“There may be some people who disagree with me,” Schreiner said. “You committed a bank robbery. I know that and people may say ‘That judge is soft, all bank robbers should go to prison.’ Those people haven’t read your presentence investigation and those people aren’t the ones tasked with this obligation.”