LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Lincoln priest has been ticketed by police on suspicion of giving alcohol to a minor.

57-year-old Charles Townsend was cited last week. Police believe he gave alcohol to a 19-year-old at a Lincoln home in July 2017 while Townsend was still a priest, and later drove the intoxicated teen home. Townsend was later removed as a priest.

Townsend was formerly a priest at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in south Lincoln.

A message left Saturday at a phone listing for Townsend in Lincoln was not immediately returned.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says about 1,000 illegally-held anti-anxiety pills have been seized from an Omaha home.

The patrol says the Xanax pills were found Thursday after investigators served a search warrant at the southwestern Omaha home.

A 21-year-old resident was arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute.

Xanax is a prescription drug that is addictive and often abused.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A fired Omaha bar manager has been given 30 days in jail for harassing, grabbing and kissing female employees.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that 57-year-old John Thompson was sentenced Thursday in Douglas County Court after pleading guilty to four counts of third-degree assault. He had been charged with six counts of third-degree sexual assault and six counts of disturbing the peace.

In addition to the jail time, Thompson received two years of probation and was ordered to write letters of apology to each of six women he’s accused of harassing.

The women say Thompson touched their backs, buttocks and thighs and yelled insults and obscenities at them. One woman said he forcibly kissed her. The women received settlements of $10,000 to $40,000, but were required to sign nondisclosure agreements.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) – A Hastings city official accused of assaulting an Uber driver in Lincoln has taken a plea deal.

Lancaster County Court records say 37-year-old Steven Kostner pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor assault. Prosecutors had lowered the charge from felony terroristic threats in exchange for Kostner’s plea. His sentencing is scheduled for March 14.

Lincoln police arrested Kostner on March 18. The Uber driver told police Kostner had grabbed the driver’s seat belt and pulled it across the driver’s neck and also menaced him with a pocketknife. Kostner told officers the driver had flirted with Kostner’s wife, who was with Kostner that morning.

Hastings’ web page lists Kostner as street superintendent.

DUNCAN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died in a collision between a semitrailer and a pickup truck just east of Duncan in eastern Nebraska.

Columbus Fire Chief Dan Miller says the man was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday. The collision occurred a little after 5 p.m. on U.S. Highway 30.

Platte County authorities haven’t released his name or other details about the crash.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a Lincoln animal shelter has received 84 cats from their owner.

Matt Madcharo of the Capital Humane Society says the anonymous owner turned over some of the cats Saturday and the rest on Sunday.

Many were immunized for feline leukemia this week, and neutering and spaying got underway as well.

Some of the cats already have been adopted, but Madcharo says the shelter also could use money for food, supplies and medical care.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a man fatally shot in an Omaha suburb.

Bellevue police have been investigating the shooting of 23-year-old Brian Faeller-Crom as a homicide. He was found wounded at the Pheasant Ridge Apartments on Tuesday night. Police say he was pronounced dead later at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

No arrests have been reported.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State officials have shut down an Omaha in-home daycare business after the owner’s husband was charged with two counts of first-degree child sex assault.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says 62-year-old William Harrison is accused of molesting a child between December 2014 and December last year.

Deb’s Day Care in the Keystone neighborhood is now under an emergency order to close. Police arrest records say Harrison is accused of carrying out the assaults at the daycare.

A phone message left Wednesday at the Harrison home was not immediately returned.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to two Omaha robberies has been imprisoned.

U.S. District Court records say Edward Sherrod was sentenced Monday to 90 months in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $19,500 in restitution. He’d pleaded guilty to two robbery counts after prosecutors agreed to drop a third count.

The records say he used a toy gun and nylon masks to cover his face when he robbed a Baker’s supermarket on July 5, 2017, and a Mega Mart on July 24, 2017. Prosecutors say a witness got the license number of a car Sherrod used for the Mega Mart heist, and investigators traced it to a rental company. He was arrested when he returned the car to the rental office.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lancaster County sheriff says deputies have found a missing 12-year-old girl they tracked through the snow on a frigid morning.

Sheriff Terry Wagner says the girl had left her home around 5:45 a.m. Wednesday after arguing with her sister. The family called for help, and two of the seven deputies dispatched found tracks that led them to the girl around 8 a.m.

Wagner says she was huddled in a ravine about a half-mile from her house, which sits about 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of Lincoln. She had a robe with her and was wearing snow boots.

She was taken to a hospital for treatment of possible hypothermia. It was 28 degrees Fahrenheit (-2.22 Celsius) at the time.

Her name wasn’t released.