A joint operation of the CODE drug task force led to the arrest of 12 individuals for distribution of controlled substances. Monday and Tuesday morning, CODE members including the North Platte and Cozad Police Departments, Dawson, Lincoln, Red Willow and Frontier County Sheriff’s Offices, Nebraska State Patrol, FBI, DEA and Homeland Security executed the warrants in Cozad, Eustis, North Platte and McCook. During the investigation, the arrested individuals sold controlled substances to undercover investigators. The individuals arrested include:

Bill E. Cheever, Jr., 22, Cozad
Bill E. Cheever, Sr., 53, Eustis
Tammy K. Cheever, 45, Eustis
Judith V. Stark, 48, McCook
Daryll B. Foster, 50, North Platte
Stephanie L. Hill, 26, North Platte
Jeffrey D. Manary, 41, North Platte
Marina E. Mata, 20, North Platte
Robert A. Miller, 40, North Platte
Fred Nabry, 61, North Platte
Joseph M. Boggs, 21, North Platte
William Dennis Boe, 56, North Platte

Not pictured: Judith V. Stark and Jeffrey D. Manary 

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Police say a 19- year-old man was captured by two emergency medical technicians who had been lured by a false call to a North Platte home. The North Platte Telegraph reports that Carlos Charging Elk was arrested Sunday night. A medical team was dispatched to the home a little before 8 p.m. to answer a call about a woman who had cut herself. Two of the EMTs entered the home. Police Lt. Rich Thompson says Charging Elk locked the door behind them and threatened them. The third EMT called for police help. Thompson says Charging Elk attacked the EMTs but dropped his knife. The EMTs grabbed him, unlocked the door and were dragging him outside when officers arrived. Charging Elk remained in jail Tuesday. Court records don’t list his attorney.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A 72-year-old North Platte man who had
violated terms of his probation for shooting a man trimming a neighbor’s bushes has been given three years in prison.  James Benak had pleaded no-contest in March 2010 to two counts of attempted assault. In May 2010 he was given five years of probation. Police say Benak had threatened to shoot Ted Herrick and his brother in September 2009 for making too much noise. Herrick told police that Benak used a handgun to shoot at Herrick. The bullet grazed Herrick’s stomach. North Platte television station KNOP reports that while on probation, Benak was caught using marijuana. Officers also say they found alcohol and ammunition in Benak’s home.