(Lincoln, Neb.)- At approximately 6:05 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, Lincoln Correctional Center Escapee Timothy Clausen, 52, was taken into custody at a residence at 3226 North 26^th Avenue in north Omaha.

The Nebraska State Patrol, Omaha Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s, U.S. Marshal’s Service and the Metro Fugitive Task Force took Clausen into custody without incident.

Leads developed by law enforcement authorities led to his arrest.

Clausen had changed his appearance, cut his hair, shaved his beard and changed his clothing.  A handgun was located near Clausen when he was arrested.

“Clausen’s arrest is the culmination of a lot of hard work and long hours by law enforcement from multiple agencies,” said Colonel Brad Rice, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “Our citizens were also a valuable resource and we would like to thank each and every one of them who called to provide a tip or information.”

Clausen has been taken the Tecumseh State Correctional Institute.

Clausen, 52, and fellow inmate Armon Dixon, 37, escaped from the Lincoln Correctional Center on Friday, June 10. Dixon was apprehended Saturday by authorities in Lincoln.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) —Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says searchers have recovered the body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy snatched by an alligator at Walt Disney World.

The boy was attacked Tuesday night as he waded in shallow water at the edge of the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney’s Grand Floridian resort.

Demings identified the boy as Lane Graves of Elkhorn, Nebraska.

The search team grew to 50 people Wednesday as trappers and divers searched Disney’s network of man-made canals, ponds and lakes. Five alligators were caught and cut open before they found the body. The body was fully intact.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man is scheduled to go on trial Sept. 22, charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in northeast Nebraska.

Forty-five-year-old Christopher Cox pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Dakota City courtroom. Authorities say Cox’s car ran off U.S. Highway 20 west of Jackson on Thursday and struck a concrete creek barrier. He told officers he swerved to avoid hitting a deer.

Two of his passengers died at the scene: 57-year-old Connie Fauzae and 9-year-old Espinoza Lara, both of Council Bluffs, Iowa. A third passenger died later at a Sioux City, Iowa, hospital: 10-year-old Jose Lara, also of Council Bluffs.

Cox was treated for minor injuries. He also is from Council Bluffs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Power District is set to vote on whether to close the nation’s smallest nuclear power plant in Fort Calhoun.

The district board will vote on the fate of Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station on Thursday.

Once closed, a nuclear plant must undergo a decommissioning process to remove or decontaminate materials and equipment that have been exposed to radioactivity. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires decommissioning to be completed within 60 years of a plant’s closing.

Cleaning up the site after its closure is estimated to cost about $1 billion.

Power district President and Chief Executive Director Tim Burke has recommended using a decommissioning method that would give the utility the full 60 years to let radioactivity at the plant decay naturally and to fully dismantle the plant.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have identified a woman killed while walking down a suburban Omaha highway.

Sarpy County officials say 61-year-old Patricia A. Hall died in the accident. Deputies were dispatched a little before 2:45 a.m. Wednesday after a call about the woman on U.S. Highway 75 in Bellevue and then got a call from the driver of a vehicle that hit the woman. The 64-year-old man says his sport utility vehicle struck her as he was driving home from work.

Authorities say the woman apparently was walking in the middle of the right southbound lane. Investigators have been unable to determine why she was there.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist has been killed in a collision with a semitrailer in northeast Omaha.

The accident was reported a little after 8:50 p.m. Tuesday. Police say the northbound motorcycle struck the right rear of the semitrailer, which was turning left.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Police identified him as 47-year-old Christopher John, of Omaha.

The truck driver was identified as 44-year-old Dave Conklin, of Fremont.

The collision is being investigated.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Grand Island City Council has voted in favor of hiring a 30-year employee of the local police department as the next police chief.

The City Council voted 9-0 to approve Mayor Jeremy Jensen’s pick of Robert Falldorf as the next police chief.

Falldorf will begin his duties Monday with a salary of more than $114,000. He replaces current Chief Steve Lamken, who retires Friday.

Jensen says Falldorf can bring consistency to the department, where he has worked since 1986. He has served as a police officer, sergeant and captain.

Falldorf says his goals as police chief include fostering better communication between the department’s three divisions and continuing to reach out to the community through special programming and events.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) —Authorities in Orlando, Florida, are still searching for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and are hoping for the best.

Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jeff Williamson said at a Wednesday morning news conference that it’s still being considered a search and rescue operation and additional deputies will be joining the search.

The boy was with his family on vacation from Nebraska. The family of five was wading in the water of the Seven Seas Lagoon on Tuesday night when the alligator came out of the water and attacked.

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings says the boy’s father tried to rescue him but was not able to.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Five companies working on a Lincoln apartment complex have been cited for federal workplace safety violations.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it found multiple safety hazards at the construction site in the 1800 block of P Street.

Federal safety investigators observed seven workers exposed to fall hazards up to five stories high at the three-building complex.

The companies cited were East Framing Inc. of Grimesland, North Carolina; South Georgia Framers of Statesboro, Georgia; America’s Best Siding of Fort Collins, Colorado; Aspen Heights of Austin, Texas; and ProCon Construction Services LLC of Ailey, Georgia. The companies face combined fines of $115,000.