LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man accused of stealing from the IRS has pleaded not guilty.

Federal court records say 35-year-old Andrew Sutter entered the plea Tuesday. His trial is scheduled to begin May 9.

Sutter is charged with one count of theft of federal property. The indictment says Sutter stole more than $15,000 between July 2013 and September 2015.

Online court documents do not provide details on Sutter’s relationship to the IRS or what authorities say occurred. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Omaha didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.

DORCHESTER, Neb. (AP) — A man found guilty of first-degree sexual assault of a child in 2014 has been granted a new trial by the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

The appeals court said 36-year-old Raymundo Perez-Cruz’s trial court judge abused his discretion by denying Perez-Cruz a jury trial because he waived it while trying to work out a plea agreement.

Prosecutors argued that Perez-Cruz grabbed a 13-year-old girl and put her in the backseat of his car before driving her to a lake near Crete, where prosecutors say the girl said he forced himself on her.

Perez-Cruz had been sentenced to 25 to 40 years in prison last year. The conviction and sentence have been reversed and the case will go back to Lancaster County District Court.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Douglas County Corrections Department is set to receive $1.75 million to start a re-entry program aimed at helping inmates avoid going back to jail.

The Sherwood Foundation’s three-year grant will pay for eight social workers, who will evaluate incoming inmates and work on plans for when inmates are released from jail.

Justine Wall, the department’s in-house program coordinator, told the Douglas County Board Tuesday that release plans for inmates will include connecting them with service providers in the community.

The grant will pay for the total cost of the program, as well as for researchers from the University of Nebraska at Omaha to track and evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

The Sherwood Foundation is a Nebraska-based organization that promotes social justice.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An autopsy report says an Omaha man who officers say killed a police dog during a standoff died because of water on the brain and low levels of sodium and chloride in his blood.

Fifty-nine-year-old Mark L’Heureux (leh’-ROH’) died in custody on Feb. 2, more than a week after the 25-hour standoff with officers.

Officials say L’Heureux was examined at a hospital after surrendering on Jan. 23. He was mildly dehydrated, had some minor cuts and was diagnosed with cold exposure and psychosis.

L’Heureux refused to eat or take medications after he was released from hospital and placed in the Douglas County Jail.

Police say L’Heureux shot the dog, named Kobus, as officers tried to serve a warrant ordering L’Heureux to undergo psychiatric evaluation.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — La Vista has adopted a policy for responding to active-shooter scenarios in city buildings.

The policy approved by City Council March 1 outlines ways to protect employees, officials and citizens when someone is firing a gun on city property.

The policy says employees should evacuate, hide or fight. The policy offers tips for each option, such as improvising weapons, keeping one’s hands visible while leaving a building, picking a hiding spot that is easy to escape from and throwing things.

There are also guidelines for communicating with news organizations and employees following a shooting incident.

The city will also offer employee training for such scenarios.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Animal Control and police are looking for the owner of a dog that investigators believe starved to death after being left in a cage.

Animal Control manager Steve Beal says a resident called animal control March 1 after finding the kennel. A female black Labrador retriever without a collar was found dead inside.

Beal says the dog was 3 or 4 years old, but its stomach was caved in as if it was dehydrated and starving.

Beal says investigators are hoping a necropsy done at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Veterinary Sciences will provide information to help find the animal’s owner.

A Lincoln police spokeswoman says police are assisting with the investigation by processing the crate for DNA and fingerprints.

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — Prison officials say three prison staffers at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution were assaulted by inmates.

Department spokesman Andrew Nystrom said in a news release Monday evening that just before 4 p.m., an inmate hit a staff member escorting him inside a maximum-security housing unit.

The news release said that three other inmates started assaulting the staff member before two other staff members responded to the assault. Officials say the inmates were forcibly restrained by guards.

All three staff members were taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

The housing unit has been locked down, pending an investigation by the department.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An American Eagle regional jet carrying 55 people makes an emergency landing in Kansas after a smoke alarm for the jet’s baggage compartment is activated.

The Embraer ERJ 145 landed safely at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport around 7 a.m. Monday. Airport officials say no indications of smoke or fire were found.

A Wichita Airport Authority spokeswoman says the jet was flying from Grand Island, Nebraska, to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when the alarm sounded.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha school district could get its own drug dog to sniff lockers and patrol hallways during random searches next school year.

Omaha Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Farmer says the district is working with the Omaha Police Department to buy and train a drug-sniffing canine that could appear in middle and high schools this fall.

The plan is still in its early stages. It follows a school security survey that asked parents, students, teachers and principals last fall whether they would support additional school security measures, including metal detectors and drug- and gun-sniffing dogs.

There were 263 expulsions and suspensions related to drugs in the 2014 to 2015 school year, a steep drop from the previous school year.