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York Sex Offender gets over 31 years in Federal Prison

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A 33-year-old Nebraska sex offender man has been given nearly 32 years in federal prison for a child
pornography conviction.

Joshua Hoover, of York, was sentenced in East St. Louis, Ill., for persuading, inducing and enticing a minor to produce child pornography.

The FBI says Hoover communicated by telephone and the Internet with a 14-year-old girl in Illinois between April 7 and 16, 2011. Agents discovered Hoover had sent the girl nude photos of him and encouraged her to send him nude photos of herself.
In 2009, Hoover was convicted of child enticement by computer in Lancaster County District Court. He served prison time and was required to register as a sex offender.

Omaha teen whose car was fired at gets probation

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A 17-year-old who was driving a vehicle that
Omaha police officers shot at more than two dozen times has been
given probation and ordered to undergo substance-abuse treatment.
The girl was sentenced earlier this week in Douglas County Juvenile Court.

The girl admitted to the judge that she possessed drugs on Dec.
20 when she was driving with two other girls.

Police say officers were approaching the vehicle at Standing
Bear Lake when the driver accelerated and aimed the vehicle at the
officers. They fired 25 times but didn’t injure anyone in the
vehicle.

Prosecutors dismissed three other charges against the girl,
including assault on an officer.

Blast knocks house off foundation in Omaha

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Authorities say an explosion that rocked a southeast Omaha neighborhood has blown a house off its foundation.
Firefighters were called just before 6 a.m. Friday about the blast near 37th and G streets. No injuries have been reported.
Firefighters say the sides of the house were blown out and there was a small fire near the front of the building.

The house apparently was vacant.

It’s DST again… Spring forward.. Fall Back…

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Don’t forget to spring ahead this weekend, as in set the clocks ahead. Daylight Savings Time begins early Sunday morning, and in case you’re still confused, moving the clocks ahead an hour means you lose an hour of sleep. It also means the sun rises an hour later and also sets an hour later. So, many of us will now find it dark outside when we wake up in the morning, but we’ll get to go home from work in the daylight. So there are pros and cons to springing our clocks ahead.

  • Which do you prefer, more daylight in the morning or more in the evening?
  • Do you feel like you really do lose an hour of sleep?
  • Do you do anything to prepare yourself for changing the clocks, like go to bed an hour earlier?

Post your comments below…

Irish Top Ponca, Move To Semis (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)

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The St. Patrick’s Irish are on to the Class C2 state semifinals for a second straight year after a dominant 47-33 defeat of Ponca in first round action in Lincoln last night. Joseph Clinch’s 16 points led the way as the Irish never trailed in the game. The third-seeded Irish advance to take on two-seed Lutheran High Northeast this afternoon at 3:45 at the Pershing Center. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the action live, with pregame coverage getting underway at 3:30.

In other state tourney action, the Hershey Panthers led early, but couldn’t muster a run late, and fell to Minden 52-44 in first round play in the Class C1 state tournament in Lincoln. Jordan Hiatt scored 13 points to lead the Panthers in the loss. The Panthers season concludes with a 17-6 overall record.

Huskers Season Ends, Sadler On Hot Seat

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With rumors swirling that Doc Sadler’s tenure may be coming to an end, his Nebraska men’s basketball team saw their season come to an end with a 79-61 loss to Purdue in first-round action at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. Bo Spencer’s 22 points paced the Husker effort in defeat. The Huskers end their season at 12-18 overall. Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne would not comment on Sadler’s future, saying the two will discuss it in the coming days.

Huskers Open Four-Game Set With No. 21 California

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The Nebraska baseball team welcomes a College World Series qualifier from last season to Hawks Field today for the start of a four-game series. The California Golden Bears come to Lincoln ranked 21st in the country with a 9-2 record. The Huskers are 8-4 and have won eight of their last nine games, including four in a row. The series opens with today’s first game at 1:35. Zach Hirsch gets the start on the mound for the Big Red, opposing Cal’s Justin Jones.

 

Storm Face Omaha Friday Night in Crucial USHL Contest

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The Tri-City Storm take the ice tonight in Omaha for their lone game of the weekend, facing off with the Lancers for the third time in eight days. The Storm lost to the Lancers 6-1 in Kearney last Friday, but turned the tables in a 4-3 win in Omaha on Sunday. Tri-City enters the weekend a point ahead in the race for the sixth and final playoff spot in the USHL’s Western Conference. The puck drops at the Civic Auditorium at 7:05.

North Platte Drug Dealers Sentenced in Fed Court

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Story Courtesy John P. Tretbar

http://stjoepost.com

Two high profile drug busts in our area resulted in federal prison terms for two defendants from North Platte.

On March 1, Brian Craig Devino, 36, was sentenced to 20-years in prison for distributing methamphetamine which resulted in the overdose death of Stacey Gonzalez in February of 2011.

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg says Gonzalez was found dead in her North Platte home by a family member on February 23, 2011. A small amount of methamphetamine was found in Gonzalez’s bedroom by investigators from the North Platte Police Department.  Devino and Gonzalez had gone out for drinks and then returned to Gonzalez’s residence with take-out food on the evening of February 22, 2011. Devino admitted to officers that he had provided Gonzalez with a small amount of methamphetamine before leaving her residence.

Devino’s charge carried a mandatory minimum prison term of 20 years due to the fact that the use of the methamphetamine resulted in a death. Following the prison term, Devino will serve four years on supervised release.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the North Platte Police Department.

Another convicted drug dealer from North Platte was sentenced March 6 to nearly five years in federal prison.  Gilg says Lisa Ann Rosenberg, 27, was arrested and charged last year, after selling more than 51 grams of cocaine base to a confidential informant on June 14, 2011. A co-defendant from Colorado, Megan Miller, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and will be sentenced April 4th.

That case was investigated by the CODE Task Force which is made up of law enforcement agencies throughout a 22-county area in west-central/southwest Nebraska and includes the North Platte Police Department, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office, Frontier County Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska State Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

 

St. Pat’s Meets Ponca in State First Round (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)

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The St. Patrick’s Irish are back to state for the second straight season, and are the third seed in the Class C2 state tournament. Last season, in what was their first trip to state in six years, the Irish defeated Arapahoe in overtime in their first-round contest before falling to Fremont Archbishop Bergan and Ravenna to finish fourth at state. The 20-5 Irish, who knocked off Alma and Southern Valley in subdistrict action before beating Perkins County in the C2-6 district championship game, will strive to make a return to the state semifinals tonight, when they face Ponca in first round action at Lincoln Northeast High School. The sixth-seed Indians are 22-3 on the campaign. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the action live tonight. Pregame coverage begins at 8:30, with tip-off scheduled for 8:45.

#8 NORTH PLATTE ST. PATRICK’S IRISH (20-5) – third seed
>> Coach: William O’Malley
>> Scoring averages: 56.1-44.6
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
Andrew Vinton, 6-0, Sr., 15.0, 6.0
Joseph Clinch, 6-1, Jr., 11.1, 8.5
James Keenan, 6-0, Jr., 10.3, 3.6
Matthew Jensen, 5-10, Sr., 6.2, 4.2
Mark Mayfield, 6-2, So., 5.8, 3.8
>> Tournament history: Repeat qualifier is making 10th appearance. Won Class D in 1928.

#4 PONCA INDIANS (22-3) – sixth seed
>> Coach: Bob Hayes
>> Scoring averages: 54.8-38.8
Player, Ht., Yr., Pts., Reb.
Trenton Peterson, 6-5, Sr., 15.8, 4.0
Seth O’Neill, 6-5, Sr., 9.9, 7.6
Jesse Walsh, 5-10, Sr., 6.1, 1.7
Patrick Watchorn, 5-9, Jr., 4.8, 1.7
Shane Husen, 6-2, Sr., 4.6, 2.3
>> Tournament history: First appearance since 2008 and 14th overall. Won Class C-2 in ‘07 and was runner-up in ‘00.

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