OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A $1.25 million lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court in Omaha over the construction of the Omaha National Cemetery.

Seedorff Masonry Inc. of Strawberry Point, Iowa, has sued a Chicago construction company and the project’s insurer over unpaid bills.

The lawsuit says Archer Western Construction entered into a contract in 2014 with the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish materials and perform the labor for the cemetery. An attorney for Seedorff, a subcontractor on the project, says Seedorff provided nearly $3.2 million in labor and materials, but Archer has paid the company only $1.9 million.

In the lawsuit filed Monday, Seedorff alleges Archer and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America owe Seedorff $1.25 million, plus interest.

The cemetery opened in 2016.

RENWICK, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities have arrested a Nebraska man accused of kidnapping a woman.

Court records say 36-year-old Valentin Velez, of La Vista, Nebraska, is charged with kidnapping in Humboldt County. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press. Velez’s next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 5.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office says a Fremont, Nebraska, woman managed to escape a residence and was found in Renwick, Iowa, where she told deputies she’d been held. They soon arrested Velez.

She’d posted on social media that she was being held against her will, and a friend who read the post contacted Fremont authorities. Investigators say the posting helped them determine her location in Renwick.

Authorities say the woman is an acquaintance of Velez. Her name hasn’t been released.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln police chief says a sex assault case against a former officer uncovered inappropriate actions by five other officers.

Chief Jeff Bliemeister (BLEYE’-meye-stur) told the Citizen Police Advisory Board on Wednesday evening that the other officers’ actions weren’t criminal, but punishments have been handed out. Two of them have resigned, and two supervisors and an officer were disciplined for violations of department policy. Bliemeister didn’t name the five.

Former officer Gregory Cody has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault of an incompetent person. Court records don’t list a trial date for him. Investigators say Cody used his position of authority to coerce and force a 30-year-old mentally ill woman into sex dozens of times for more than a year.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police and Hispanic community leaders are spreading the message in two languages: It’s wrong to drink and drive.

The Latino Police Officers Association, Hispanic community group La Casa del Pueblo and Lamar Outdoor Advertising are working together to create 11 bilingual billboards warning of the dangers of drunk driving.

The digital displays feature a picture of a person in handcuffs. A message warning against drunk driving is displayed alternately in English and Spanish.

“We need to educate people that drinking and driving is not OK,” said Capt. Kathy Gonzalez of the Omaha Police Department. “We’re always looking for more effective ways to tell the public that those driving while impaired will be caught. It’s another opportunity to get the message out.”

The area has long been in need of a Spanish language anti-drunken-driving campaign, said Ben Salazar, a community organizer with La Casa del Pueblo.

“Not enough attention has been drawn to this problem in the Spanish-speaking community,” Salazar said. “It’s been bothering me for several years and causes me great pain every time a Hispanic driver causes mayhem in the streets.”

The billboards are just the first portion of a larger campaign, which will spread to TV, radio magazines and newspapers.

Alcohol impairment is involved in nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association. There were nearly 10,500 people killed in crashes involving a drunken driver in 2016.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Douglas County jury has found a retired Omaha fire captain guilty of sexually assaulting three young girls, including two foster children.

60-year-old Lee Dunbar was convicted Thursday of five counts of sexual assault.

Prosecutors say 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.

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

Dunbar faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced in March.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A surge in video surveillance that’s helped the Lincoln Police Department make arrests has also created a case backlog.

Chief Jeff Bliemeister says almost 1,200 videos were referred to the department’s forensic analysts last year, a sharp jump compared to the nearly 240 videos in 2009. The unit processes the footage to help detective identify suspects. It had a backlog of nearly 290 cases as of Jan. 16.

“We are forced to triage our work there because we have one individual that is full-time assigned and then several part-time employees,” Bliemeister said.

The abundance of videos is due to an increase in businesses and homeowners in the city with their own video surveillance systems, as well as the proliferation of cellphone video, Bliemeister said.

Analysts have been able to increasingly pull images from the videos that lead to arrests, Bliemeister said. Analysts were able to clear 40 percent of cases with video evidence publicized on Crimestoppers, he said. The city’s overall crime clearance rate is 24 percent.

Clearing a case typically means that prosecutors have enough evidence to fil formal charges, but doesn’t always result in a conviction.

Nearly 10,000 crimes were reported to police last year, about a 2 percent increase from the previous year. Investigators cleared more than half of aggravated assaults and about a third of robbery cases. Police were less successful with residential burglaries, with a clearance rate of just 8 percent, Bliemeister said.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 54-year-old man has died eight days after being struck by a car in Lincoln.

Police spokeswoman Angela Sands said Monday that Millard Wells wasn’t in a crosswalk when struck on Jan. 11. He died Friday.

Sands says the car driver, David Coakley, of Gothenburg, told officers he braked and tried to avoid hitting Wells but couldn’t. A police report says Coakley estimated his speed at 20 to 25 mph (32 to 40 kph).

No citations have been reported.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) discovered more than 120 pounds of marijuana hidden in a trailer after receiving a report from the public that packages were falling from the trailer on Interstate 80.

The incident happened at 3:00 p.m. Friday near Odessa, at mile marker 262 on I-80, when a citizen called NSP to report that a package had fallen from a flatbed trailer being pulled by an eastbound Dodge Ram. A trooper located the vehicle while another trooper recovered the package.

Upon finding the package, the trooper determined that it was filled with marijuana. Troopers then conducted a searched and found a hidden compartment on the undercarriage of the trailer. Dozens of more packages were found inside the compartment. In total, troopers seized 122 pounds of high-grade marijuana from the vehicle. The estimated street value is $366,000.

The driver of the pick-up, Charlie Red, 48, of Colorado, and passenger Damaisy Rodriguez, 29, of Florida, were both arrested for Possession of Marijuana – more than one pound, Possession With Intent to Deliver, and No Drug Tax Stamp. Both were lodged in Buffalo County Jail.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Federal authorities have indicted a Crete man already charged with stealing more than $1.1 million from his former employer in Lincoln.

The wire fraud indictment announced Thursday involves Mark Ackerman, who was office manager for Vertical Horizons Contracting Inc. in Lincoln. Federal prosecutors say Ackerman used accounts designated for reimbursement fees to transfer funds to his personal account for items never purchased. It also alleges that he falsely represented legitimate business expenses and made checks payable to himself from company accounts.

A document filed in his state theft case says Ackerman went to Lincoln police on Oct. 15 and confessed to diverting the money from company accounts. His next state hearing is scheduled for Feb. 16. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who worked for the Child Saving Institute in Omaha has been accused of having sex with a teenage boy who was staying at the institute’s shelter.

Douglas County prosecutor Brenda Beadle says 23-year-old Hanna Dickerson will be charged Friday with sexual abuse of a dependent. It’s unclear whether Dickerson has an attorney. She lives in Neola, Iowa.

The boy is a ward of the state who turned 17 in July. He said in an August interview that he and Dickerson engaged in sex several times in July and August.

An institute spokeswoman has declined to describe Dickerson’s job duties. Dickerson’s no longer employed there.