LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge has tossed out drugs found in a vehicle as evidence in a pending trial because the Lincoln police officer who pulled over the vehicle on Interstate 80 didn’t have probable cause for the traffic stop.

Court records say 42-year-old Andrea Plummer and 35-year-old Phillip Plummer, both of Sioux City, Iowa, are charged with possession for sale and related crimes.

Phillip Plummer was driving on Sept. 16, 2016, when his vehicle was stopped for what the officer said was following too closely. A subsequent vehicle search turned up more than 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms) of marijuana, 2 ounces (27 grams) of cocaine and nearly $16,000 in cash.

The judge agreed with the defense that the officer’s car video showed the Plummers’ SUV had been boxed in by traffic.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A 64-year-old man has been killed in a two-vehicle crash near Hastings.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says Robert P. Robertson of Grand Island was driving Saturday night on Highway 281, about 15 miles south of Hastings, when he lost control and crossed the centerline. His northbound vehicle struck a car coming from the opposite direction.

Radio station KRVN reports the Hastings Fire Department and Nebraska State Patrol assisted at the scene.

The sheriff’s office says it has no additional information about the other driver.

BANCROFT, Neb. (AP) — A getaway driver is scheduled to be sentenced in March for his role in robbing a northeast Nebraska bank.

Prosecutors say 55-year-old Lenn Zuhlke has pleaded guilty. His sentencing date is March 19.

The robbery occurred April 20 in the Cuming County community of Bancroft. Prosecutors say he’d driven Jeffrey Bonneau to pick up a stolen all-terrain vehicle and was supposed to rendezvous with Bonneau after the heist.

Prosecutors say Bonneau got away with more than $6,700 from the First Bank of Bancroft but crashed the ATV a short time later.

Bonneau also has pleaded guilty. His sentencing is set for Feb. 26.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old Lincoln man has been charged in the September slaying of a Hastings man.

Court records say Deante Mullen was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and with the use of a firearm to commit a felony. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him about allegations that he killed 19-year-old Jose Hansen.

Police say Hansen’s body was found Sept. 11 by a couple out for a walk. He’d been shot to death.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have made another arrest in the death of a man whose body was found in a vehicle in a police station parking lot.

Police say homicide investigators on Friday arrested 19-year-old Governor D. Tate on charges of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. It’s the second arrest in the death of 29-year-old Julio Cesar-Ortega, whose body was found Nov. 9 in a vehicle parked in a northeast Omaha police station.

Homicide investigators believe Cesar-Ortega died after driving himself to the station with injuries suffered elsewhere. Cesar-Ortega’s family members say he had been shot

Last week, investigators charged 18-year-old Tyjanae Allen with first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — When Rachel Messing saw the police lights flashing behind her, she naturally wondered what she had done wrong.

Nothing, as it turned out. In fact, it was an early Christmas present.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that police in Fremont, Nebraska, recently used a $5,000 gift from an anonymous donor to hand out $100 bills to 50 drivers. It is the fourth year the donor has provided the money.

Messing cried when she opened the card and saw the money. She plans to use it to buy her mother a new dishwasher.

Lt. Glen Still says the donor’s goal is to provide a nice surprise to community members and create more goodwill between officers and the public.

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UNADILLA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska bikers may have a new place to train and practice jumps, flips and other high-flying tricks year-round, particularly during the snowy winter months.

Karl Hinkley hopes to open the doors of a heated freestyle BMX park near Unadilla before next winter. Hinkley and his team of volunteers broke ground on the indoor park in October, which he promises will always be free and open to the public.

Hinkley says it’ll be like an indoor skate park but for bikes. BMX racers in the state are often at a disadvantage because there are little to no places to train during the winter.

They have fundraised $18,500 so far. Hinkley says he’ll need to fundraise up to $50,000 to complete the park with volunteer labor.

The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is investigating a fatality accident that happened following a pursuit involving the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident occurred at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Friday, December 22. Shortly before that time, the Merrick County Sheriff’s Office began pursuit of a 2005 Dodge Durango after it failed to stop for a traffic violation in Central City. The vehicle crashed just west of Osceola, in Polk County, and rolled, ejecting both parties who were inside.

Autumn Stadley, 25, of Omaha, was pronounced dead at the scene. Luis J. Elias, 26, of Omaha, was transported by ambulance to the Osceola Hospital, then by helicopter to Bryan Health West in Lincoln with severe injuries.

NSP is investigating the crash and trying to determine who was driving at the time of the crash. The Durango was determined to have been stolen from Iowa.

Under Nebraska law, a grand jury is convened following an in-custody death or a death that occurs during the course of apprehension.

marijuYORK, Neb. (AP) — An elderly couple who was arrested in Nebraska with 60 pounds of marijuana in their truck told officers that the drugs were meant to be Christmas presents.

The couple was arrested Tuesday by the York County Sheriff’s Department after they were stopped for a traffic violation.

Officers found the bags of marijuana in the Toyota Tacoma driven by the 80-year-old man and 83-year-old woman. They said they were driving from California to Vermont.

The couple was being held in York County jail on suspicion of felony drug charges.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than 460 pounds of marijuana has been seized in a traffic stop along Interstate 80 in the Omaha area.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s department says the drugs were found Wednesday afternoon after a Chevrolet Tahoe pulling a U-haul trailer was stopped.

A police dog was called in after officers became suspicious. The drugs were found after the dog smelled something.

A 31-year-old California woman was driving the SUV. She was arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs.