OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

Federal prosecutors for Nebraska say 40-year-old Aaron Marxsen was sentenced Friday in Omaha’s federal court. After his release from prison, Marxsen must serve a five-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

FBI agents say a search warrant served on Marxen’s home in December 2017 turned up two devices holding more than 50 videos and 150 images of child pornography. Agents say a computer seized from the home showed a targeted search for child pornography.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 25-year-old man has been given 25 to 40 years for the brutal beating of a university student in Lincoln.

Lancaster County District Court records say James Price was sentenced Wednesday. He’d been found guilty in June of aiding and abetting robbery and assault.

Prosecutors say he and Stelson Curry attacked Patrick Pantoja and a friend as the two were walking back to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on Oct. 3, 2015. Curry also was sentenced to 25 to 40 years.

Pantoja spent a month in a coma and several more months in a hospital.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a 15-year-old boy to 22 to 48 years in prison in the fatal shooting of an Omaha teenager during a dispute that prosecutors say involved drugs.

Tyon Wells was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest in November to second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Zachary Parker. Prosecutors say, Wells, who was 14 at the time, shot Parker in February in a dispute over marijuana.

Wells’ defense attorney sought to have his client tried in juvenile court. Douglas County District Court Judge Shelly Stratman refused, noting Wells’ connections to gang life, drug use and violence at school.

Stratman says Wells should take this second chance as an opportunity to challenge and educate himself.

State law says Wells could be eligible for parole in 11 years.

Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a Hastings man for possession of child pornography following an investigation and service of a search warrant.

The investigation began when NSP received a complaint from an underage female that she had been solicited for sexual content through social media.

NSP, with the assistance of the Hastings Police Department, served a search warrant at a home in Hastings during the morning hours of Wednesday, January 30. The search revealed the presence of child pornography.

The resident, Charles Toms IV, 29, was arrested for possession of child pornography and was lodged in Adams County Jail.

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the unsealing of a five-count indictment against Gary Fellows, Sidney Britt, and Joshua Britt, of Omaha, Nebraska, for the armed robbery of a United States Postal Service Tractor-Trailer Operator in Grand Island, Nebraska, on December 14, 2018. The charges include robbery, kidnapping of a federal employee, and use of a firearm to commit a crime of violence.

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s highest priority is the protection of our employees from harm. This violent and dangerous armed kidnapping and robbery of our employee will not be tolerated as is seen by the swift and coordinated joint investigation by Postal Inspectors, local police and the U.S. Attorney’s office. This result would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of all the agencies involved,” said Bill Hedrick, Inspector in Charge of the Denver Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service, which covers Nebraska. “We want our employees and the public to know that Postal Inspectors will aggressively pursue anyone who attempts to use violence to harm our employees and the mail and items that the public entrusts to us.”

Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha authorities found a man in critical condition from exposure to the extreme cold.

Omaha Fire Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick said firefighters were called to the south side of Carter Lake at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when temperatures were around -10.

Fitzpatrick said it wasn’t immediately clear how long the man was outside. He was taken to Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition.

The man’s identity wasn’t immediately released.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — A Utah family, including 2-year-old twins and a 2-week-old infant, are safe and unharmed after their small plane ran out of fuel and landed in a snow-covered field in a remote area of southwest Wyoming.

The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office says the family was rescued about 8:45 p.m. Monday by helicopter about three hours after the single-engine plane made an emergency landing while flying from Wayne, Nebraska, to Heber, Utah.

The Sheriff’s Office didn’t identify the man who piloted the plane or his family, other than to say they were from Heber.

It says the pilot planned to refuel at the Rock Springs airport but a strong headwind caused the plane to use more fuel than expected, forcing it to land undamaged about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the airport.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old driver is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 26 for the Platte County crash death of a motorcyclist.

Court records say Daisy Gonzalez, of Madison, pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanor vehicular homicide. Prosecutors dropped a related charge in return for her plea.

The records say the collision occurred Aug. 2 at the intersection of Nebraska Highway 91 and 490th Street. The records say her minivan collided with the motorcycle driven by 22-year-old Joshua Gasper, of Columbus. He died days later of his injuries.

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a Nebraska man who drove 17 miles in the wrong direction on a highway in Connecticut has been charged with driving while intoxicated.

State police say officials received numerous 911 calls Saturday reporting that a SUV was traveling southbound in the northbound lane on I-395 in the town of Plainfield.

Officials say the SUV narrowly missed multiple police vehicles before officers could deploy stop sticks to deflate three of its tires. The driver kept going, but police were able to eventually stop and arrest him.

Police say 37-year-old Kory Langan, of Columbus, is also charged with reckless driving and other offenses.

A person who answered the phone at a number listed for Langan said it was the wrong number. It wasn’t immediately clear if he has a lawyer.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Police Department has announced the death of one of its mounted patrol horses.

The department says Eastwood, a Percheron/thoroughbred cross gelding, died unexpectedly Friday from complications during a bowel surgery.

The department obtained Eastwood in March 2012 from Ashbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. His rider was Officer Marc Van Sickle, who was with Eastwood when he passed.

Officials say Eastwood worked the Old Market downtown, as well as numerous protests and rallies during his seven years on the force. Officials say the horse “showed gentleness with the citizens of Omaha during public barn events.”