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Man seen on video sexually assaulting drunken woman is imprisoned 

Moses Childs, Jr.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A man caught on security video sexually assaulting a drunken woman at a Lincoln bar has been sent to prison.

Judge Lori Maret gave 47-year-old Moses Childs Jr. 19 years and 10 months to 20 years in prison at his sentencing Thursday. She told him that what she saw on the video was horrifying.

Authorities say employees at JJ Hooligan’s bar found the bar office in disarray when they arrived on Aug. 30 last year. They soon contacted police after seeing what they thought was sexual assault on the video.

Childs initially told police the encounter was consensual and that he had been drinking. His attorney, Stephen Kraft, told the judge that when Childs saw the video he realized he’d crossed a line. Childs pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree sexual assault.

School goes into lockdown after report of student with gun 

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) – An eastern Nebraska high school went into a lockdown after a student reported another student walk into the building carrying what looked like a gun.

Fremont police said Thursday the weapon turned out to be a BB pistol. Officers took the student who’d been carrying it and another student into custody about two blocks from Fremont High School. The two students’ names haven’t been released.

Police say no shots were fired and no one was injured. Classes had ended for the day, but some students and staff members were still in the building. Officers sent to the school cleared the building room by room as other officers surrounded it.

The lockout ended about two hours after it began.

Woman charged in death, dismemberment pleads not guilty

Bailey Boswell

WILBER, Neb. (AP) — A woman accused of helping kill and dismember a Lincoln woman has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and unlawful disposal of human remains.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the pleas for 24-year-old Bailey Boswell were entered Thursday in Saline County Court.

Prosecutors say Boswell and 52-year-old Aubrey Trail strangled Sydney Loofe, and Boswell helped Trail cut up Loofe’s body and stuff the remains into trash bags. The remains were found Dec. 4 in Clay County, weeks after Loofe was reported missing.

Both Boswell and Trail face the death penalty if convicted.

Lincoln school empties after fire spotted in room near gym

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say no one was hurt when a fire broke out at an elementary school in Lincoln.

Lincoln Fire & Rescue says students and staffers evacuated Saratoga Elementary a little before 8:30 a.m. after smoke was noticed in an area near the school gym. Firefighters later contained the fire to a mechanical room.

The students were able to get their coats before going out into the subfreezing weather and were moved to a nearby church within 15 minutes.

Accountant pleads not guilty to stealing from church

WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — An accountant charged with stealing nearly $110,000 from a northeast Nebraska church has pleaded not guilty.

Dixon County District Court records say 45-year-old Michael Pommer, of Wakefield, entered the written pleas Wednesday to 15 counts of theft. The records don’t show that a trial has been scheduled.

Pommer’s accused of taking the money from two bank accounts of Salem Lutheran Church without church officials’ authorization. The records say the bank account transfers occurred from June 24, 2016, to Sept. 5 this year.

A court affidavit says Pommer has since reimbursed the church nearly $115,000.

Police check Texas inmate’s possible link to Omaha slaying

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities are checking the possibility that a woman slain more than 40 years ago was among dozens of women killed by a Texas prison inmate.

Omaha police said Wednesday that investigators are talking to Texas authorities about 78-year-old Sam Little, who confessed to slayings from 1970 to 2005. The FBI said Tuesday that it has corroborated 34 of his accounts about the killings.

Omaha police Lt. Darci Tierney says Omaha officers are looking into Little’s possible connection to the 1973 slaying of Agatha White Buffalo. White Buffalo was strangled and found upside-down in a 55-gallon drum at the Sturges Hide Co. in November 1973.

The FBI says Little is serving time for a 1994 murder and likely will stay in prison until his death.

5 longtime friends from Lincoln claim $1M Powerball prize

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Five longtime friends from Lincoln have claimed their $1 million Powerball prize.
The Nebraska Lottery says Douglas Murray, Felipe Osorio, Eric Cobb, Chris Hinkley and Yevgeniy Koval bought a Powerball ticket at a U-Stop convenience store in northwest Lincoln last week before the Nov. 21 drawing. Their winning ticket matched five numbers drawn but not the Powerball number. The jackpot for that drawing was worth $139 million.

The friends began pooling their money to buy lottery tickets during the October jackpot run that pushed the Mega Millions prize to more than $1.5 billion and the Powerball to $688 million.

Sentencing set for woman accused of landfill embezzlement 

YORK, Neb. (AP) – A January sentencing has been scheduled for a Lincoln woman accused of embezzlement while working for the York city landfill.

According to court records, 59-year-old Lynn Rasmussen pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanor theft. Prosecutors lowered the charge from a felony in exchange for her plea. Rasmussen also agreed to pay restitution of nearly $12,600. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 28.

Court documents say Rasmussen ran the scale house and accepted payments for material dumped at the landfill. Investigators say Rasmussen voided the cash transactions and threw away the physical tickets so there were no records of the transactions. Then she’d keep the cash for herself.

Bookkeeper accused of Columbus theft takes plea deal

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A bookkeeper accused of stealing more than $85,000 from a Columbus business is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 28.

Platte County District Court records say 45-year-old Jennifer Held, of Monroe, pleaded no contest to felony theft after prosecutors dropped four related counts. A hearing on restitution is set for Dec. 27.

The records say the owner of Clarkson TV & Appliance reported to police the discovery of unauthorized checks being written on the company account. The records also say Held acknowledged writing the checks, saying she needed the money for bills.

Store clerk charged in drunken Omaha crash death of teen

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A convenience store clerk has been accused of selling alcohol consumed by a 17-year-old who later died when his speeding car crashed on the west end of Omaha.

Douglas County Court records say 29-year-old Kevin Hart is charged with procuring alcohol that resulted in a death. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Prosecutors say Hart sold the liquor to two teenagers on Oct. 11 who later sold it to George Gervase and another teen. The two teenagers who bought the liquor have been charged in juvenile court. Prosecutors say Hart knew the two were underage.

Gervase’s wrecked car and his body were found early the next day . His blood alcohol level tested out at nearly three times the legal limit.

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