OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have released the name of the man who was fatally wounded while leading police on a chase through Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s office says 21-year-old Zachari Johnson, of Lincoln, died at an Omaha hospital after being shot by an Air Force security contractor Monday.

Authorities say Johnson was shot when he crashed a car through a base entrance. Air Force officials have said the guard followed procedure when he shot Johnson.

Police say Johnson was driving a car that had been stolen from Lincoln. Johnson is homeless and has been charged with several other crimes in the past, including burglary and sexual assault.

(Salina, KS – The Salina Post / Randy Picking) A 70-year-old Salina man was arrested Monday morning on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior and criminal trespassing.
Lt. Scott Siemsen of the Salina Police Department says Dennis Gress was found in the backyard of a neighbor in the 800 block of W. Ash with his pants below his knees, exposing his genitals and buttocks about 9:20 Monday morning.

Gress was arrested last December for lewd and lascivious behavior, and criminal sodomy after being sexually gratified by a dog through a fence around the same backyard. Gress was released from jail Monday after posting bond.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 44-year-old Omaha woman has been given 60 days in jail for letting her 4-month-old puppy starve to death.

On Tuesday a judge also ordered Monica Andrews not to own another dog for at least five years.

Police say Andrews had left town in December without making provisions for the pit bull puppy’s food or water. The dog, Gotti, was dead when she got home.

Officials say Andrews then called the Nebraska Humane Society to ask it to pick up the dog’s carcass.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Air Force officials say a security guard acted properly when he fatally shot a man leading police through Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.

Brig. Gen. Don Bacon says the private security contractor who shot the man Monday afternoon followed procedure. But state law requires the shooting be reviewed by a grand jury because the man was being chased by police when he was shot.

Sarpy County Sheriff Jeff Davis says the man was driving a car deputies believed had been stolen. Officers chased the vehicle as it entered the base through an exit lane at the south gate. The man raced north and tried to exit at another gate, where the security guard fired.

The man died later at an Omaha hospital. He has not been identified.