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Nebraska football player interrupted burglars, police say

lincoln-policeLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska football player interrupted burglars who police say got away with around $3,150 in goods from the north Lincoln residence.

A police report says De’Mornay Pierson-El saw two women leave his garage as he returned to the house early Sunday morning. He confronted two men inside who were carrying a television outside. They dropped it and fled. Police say Pierson-El then found two more men in the house, and they fled.

No injuries and no arrests have been reported.

Police say Pierson-El, Mick Stoltenberg, Jerald Foster and Alex Boryca reported the loss of men’s watches, a laptop and a video game console.

Man’s death in north Omaha is suspicious, police say

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating what they say is the suspicious death of a 20-year-old man in north Omaha.

Officers sent to a home around 6 a.m. Sunday on a report about a shooting found the body of Scott Evans. Police have not released any other details about his death.

No arrests have been reported.

Bacon and beer sound good? Fort Atkinson park will have both

bacon-and-beerFORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — A Bacon and Beer Feed has been scheduled at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park in eastern Nebraska.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says tickets for the April 29 event will cost $30 for people 13 and older and $18 for children 12 and under. Registration is required. Go online at CureCooking.com/baconbeerfeed to learn more and buy tickets.

The tickets will cover an appetizer and three courses of bacon dishes. Local beers will be available to purchase with each course.

Fort Atkinson sits on the east side of Fort Calhoun, which is situated 15 miles north of Omaha. A park entry permit is required for all vehicles and can be purchased at the park.

Iowa mother arrested after crash leaves son critically hurt

police-lights-redOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old western Iowa woman has been arrested following a crash in Omaha that left her young son critically injured.

The crash happened late Thursday night on Interstate 80 in Omaha. Police say the woman told officers she was driving when she and another woman in the car began arguing. She says the other woman grabbed the wheel, sending the car into a light pole.

When officers arrived, no one was there. Officers later found the women and boy at an Omaha hospital, where the boy was being treated for critical head injuries.

Police say the women had been drinking, and that the boy’s mother had a blood alcohol content of .198 — more than twice the legal limit to drive.

Grand Island’s Stolley Park Railroad opening for season

city-of-grand-islandGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The railroad in Grand Island’s Stolley Park is opening for the season.

The Stolley Park Railroad will open Sunday. The opening was pushed back a day because of rainy weather expected Saturday.

Riders enjoy two trips around Stolley Park on the miniature, 24-passenger train.

Senior engineer and conductor Ken Scholl has worked at the railroad for 21 years. He says weeks before the annual opening, he walks the track “to see what Mother Nature has done in the last three or four months.” He also inspects the cars and the locomotive.

The train is open on weekends only through May 29. Summer hours begin May 31 and run Aug. 13, when the train runs every day but Mondays and Tuesdays.

Colorado Army officer drowns at US base at Guantanamo Bay

armyMIAMI (AP) — The U.S. military says an Army warrant officer from Colorado has drowned at the Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A statement says Chief Warrant Officer Jose Eduardo Lopez Cobena died Thursday. Details about the incident were not immediately released.

The 40-year-old Lopez was based at Fort Carson, Colorado, and was on a 12-month assignment to Guantanamo that began in June. He had a nearly 20-year career in the military and had received many commendations including a Bronze Star. Lopez was originally from New York.

Guantanamo is perched at the edge of the Caribbean sea in southeast Cuba and the water surrounding the base can at times be treacherous. Three Marines drowned in an incident in July 2010.

Arrest made in Omaha shooting that killed 1, hurt 2

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in a northeast Omaha shooting that killed one man and injured two others.

Omaha police say a 17-year-old male was booked Thursday on suspicion of three counts of being an accessory to a felony in the March 17 shooting death of 19-year-old Walter Griffin.

Officials say surveillance video shows a car Griffin was riding in leaving a convenience store parking lot when it was blocked by another car. A person is then seen shooting multiple times from the passenger side of the car on the street at Griffin’s car.

Griffin was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man and woman in Griffin’s car were injured and taken to a hospital.

Police: Lincoln man accused of raping teenage girl charged

Tanner Book
Tanner Book

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man accused of raping a teenage girl has been arrested and charged.

19-year-old Tanner Book was charged Thursday with first-degree sexual assault of a minor.

Lincoln police say Book sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl he knows inside a home in north Lincoln on March 4. The girl told police she said “no” several times and tried to physically fight off his advances.

The girl’s mother reported the incident March 14.

Book remained Friday in the Lancaster County Jail on $500,000 bond. Online court records do not yet list an attorney for Book.

Former doctor’s Nebraska death penalty hearing postponed

Anthony Garcia
Anthony Garcia

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A death penalty sentencing hearing has been postponed for a former doctor convicted of killing four people connected to an Omaha medical school.

A judge Thursday postponed the hearing after appointing the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy to help represent Anthony Garcia. The commission often represents those convicted in death penalty cases.

The hearing Thursday was to have helped a three-judge sentencing panel determine whether mitigating factors — such as childhood abuse or impaired mental capacity — exist that might spare Garcia the death penalty. A new hearing date was not immediately set.

In October, Garcia was convicted of killing the 11-year-old son and a housekeeper of Creighton University faculty member William Hunter in 2008, and killing pathology doctor Roger Brumback and his wife in 2013.

Prosecutors say Garcia blamed Hunter and Brumback for his 2001 firing from Creighton’s pathology residency program.

Former Nebraska golf course treasurer accused of embezzlement

handcuffsSEWARD, Neb. (AP) — A former treasurer of an eastern Nebraska golf course has been accused of embezzling from it.

Court records say 31-year-old Chaise Vegas is charged with two felony counts of theft. A phone listed for Vegas in Milford is no longer in service. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.

A court affidavit filed by Milford Police Chief Forrest Siebken says Vegas made unauthorized withdrawals totaling nearly $142,000 from two accounts for Thornridge Golf Course in Milford. He took over as treasurer in April 2015. The affidavit says all but around $3,600 has been repaid.

Vegas’ preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 26.

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