LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska regulators have fined a psychiatrist $10,000, citing his intimate relationship with a patient who had moved into his Omaha home.

Dr. Leandro Anit Jr. waived his right to a disciplinary hearing. A 30-day suspension of his license began last week. A phone message unit for Anit was full Friday when an Associated Press reporter called, seeking comment.

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services documents say Anit began treating the woman in December 2015 while he was working in Lincoln. She’d moved into his Omaha home by September 2016. The documents say an investigation into Anit’s prescribing of methadone uncovered the living arrangements.

The documents say Anit acknowledged that he and the woman were having an intimate relationship.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who provided house care and other aid for an ailing man overbilled Medicaid for services she never provided.

55-year-old Debra Dukes is charged with two counts of fraud to obtain assistance of more than $500. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.

An arrest affidavit says investigators found she was paid more than $8,700 for 1,400 hours of aid that actually overlapped times the man was in a medical treatment facility. The affidavit says that under a service provider agreement she signed, she couldn’t bill Medicaid while her client was in such a facility.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a woman who’s come forward to say she was driving the vehicle that hit and killed a man in Grand Island.

Twenty-eight-year-old Justin Foster died soon after he was struck early Monday morning. Police say 48-year-old Robin Nehls, of Grand Island, was arrested Thursday.

She’s facing a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death. Hall County Jail records say she remained in custody Friday. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to prison in Nebraska for scamming a car restoration shop out of thousands of dollars.

Court records say 60-year-old Steven Shaull, of Anaheim, California, was given two years at his sentencing Wednesday in Lincoln. He was credited with 254 days already served. He’d pleaded no contest to a felony theft charge after prosecutors lowered it.

A Lincoln company, Restore a Muscle Car, had reported to authorities that after it found Shaull’s online post offering the engine, he agreed to sell the 426-cubic-inch engine for $11,500.

But a Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles investigator says Shaull made several empty promises to ship the engine or refund the money the company paid.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Fremont police in eastern Nebraska have identified a man killed in the crash of a semitrailer and pickup truck that occurred in the northeastern section of town near a Wal-Mart.

Police say in a written statement that the 11 a.m. Thursday crash on Highway 30 killed 63-year-old Stanley Von Seggern of Fremont.

Investigators say Von Seggern was driving pickup and pulled out onto Highway 30 in front of the semitrailer, leading to the collision.

Von Seggern was pronounced dead at the scene. The 68-year-old semi driver from North Bend was not injured.

WEEPING WATER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have identified a body found in woods west of Weeping Water as that of a 38-year-old Florida woman.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday identified Alicia Wilemon-Sullivan, of Orange City, Florida, who was last seen on Aug. 1.

Her body was found Saturday evening, and officials say foul play has not been ruled out.

The sheriff’s office says an autopsy was completed Sunday in Omaha, but the results are not yet being made public.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — One person has been taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation after an early morning fire at an apartment fire in northeastern Nebraska.

The fire was reported around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sunset Lane Townhomes in South Sioux City.

Fire Chief Clint Merithew says the fire began in the kitchen area of one unit, then spread up into the attic and over to the next door apartment.

Merithew says one person in the unit where the fire started and three people in the second unit have been displaced. Everyone in the second unit was able to escape safely.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged with killing a sheriff’s deputy and wounding another while escaping from an Iowa jail will plead guilty.

The Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office says an attorney for Wesley Correa-Carmenaty informed officials of the change Wednesday. A news release from the prosecutor’s office says no plea bargain was made and that Correa-Carmenaty still faces charges of murder, attempted murder, escape, kidnapping and other crimes.

Correa-Carmenaty’s trial had been set to begin Tuesday. Now, a change of plea hearing will take place Tuesday morning in Council Bluffs.

Authorities say Correa-Carmenaty had just been sentenced on May 1 to 45 years in prison in an unrelated murder case when he grabbed one of the deputies’ guns while being transferred to the county jail. He shot them both and used the jail van to escape.

He was recaptured that day in Omaha, Nebraska, after carjacking a woman at gunpoint.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has announced an “elphie” contest for a chance to win a behind-the-scenes elephant experience at the zoo.

The contest is being held to celebrate World Elephant Day on Saturday. To enter, participants are asked to post a photo of themselves with an elephant from the zoo’s herd on the zoo’s Facebook page. Participants must also answer one of two questions: Why do you love elephants? Or, what are you doing to help with elephant conservation?

The winner will be chosen by the elephant keeper staff and announced Wednesday on the zoo’s Facebook page.

The page will accept photo and answer submissions through Saturday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Four men who robbed an Omaha bank have been sent to state prison.

Prosecutors say the four were captured soon after robbing a U.S. Bank branch in northwest Omaha on Sept. 10 last year.

Twenty-three-year-old Marcus Warren, 22-year-old Steven Muldrew and 25-year-old Shaun Murph Jr. were sentenced Tuesday to 20 to 25 years. Twenty-four-year-old Freddie Johnson IV was given 14 to 18 years. They all pleaded guilty.

The FBI says each of the men is suspected in other Omaha bank robberies.