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Omaha Police Announce Arrest in Fatal June Shooting Death

Alandus Warren, Sr.
Alandus Warren, Sr.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have announced an arrest in the June shooting death of 36-year-old Terrell Brown behind an Omaha business center.

Police say 37-year-old Alandus Warren Sr. was booked Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony in the June 5 killing.

Police were sent to the northeast Omaha business center area around 2:30 a.m., where they found Brown’s body in a grass and gravel lot behind the businesses.

It’s not Warren’s first brush with the law. Court records show he was convicted of manslaughter for a 1997 killing and sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison. He was released on Sept. 11, 2012.

Apple’s iPod Touch Update Brings Faster Chip, Better Camera

AppleNEW YORK (AP) — Apple is refreshing its iPod Touch music player for the first time in nearly three years, as the company seeks to make music a central part of its devices once again.

The new Touch has a faster processor and better cameras, plus a software update that enables Apple Music, a $10-a-month service that offers unlimited playback of millions of songs. Apple Music launched June 30 as music fans increasingly embrace subscriptions over pay-per-song services such as Apple’s industry-leading iTunes.

The iPod was Apple’s first successful foray beyond personal computers. Interest has waned, though, as many people now use smartphones such as the iPhone to listen to music.

The starting price remains at $199.

60-Pound Dead Fish Found in Suburban Kansas Drainage

odd-newsOLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City animal control officer says she was skeptical when a man called to report a 4-foot-long carp in a drainage ditch.

But Jamie Schmidt, a school resource officer with the Olathe, Kansas, Police Department, soon found herself wrapping up the 60-pound dead fish in trash bags and using a lift to get it into her truck. It was actually 3 ½ feet long.

The unidentified man found the carp Friday in the ditch near an elementary school. Schmidt, who is filling in as animal control officer while the regular one is on maternity leave, thinks it came from a nearby lake after heavy rains.

Schmidt says it was easier to haul the fish away dead than had it still been alive.

Officials: 3-Year-Old Found in Disney World Resort Pool Dies

disney-worldKISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a 3-year-old boy found in a pool at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort has died.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputies say the boy was found Tuesday evening and was transported to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Deputies say the child somehow became separated from his parents at the hotel and was later found in the pool.

Officials say the child and his family were visiting from out of town.

No other details were immediately released.

Police: Omaha Man Brought Along 1-Year-Old to Drug Deals

Carlos Castro
Carlos Castro

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine after authorities say he met an undercover officer for drug deals with his 1-year-old daughter in tow.

35-year-old Carlos Ruiz Castro was charged Monday with four counts of possession of methamphetamine.

According to police, Castro met with an undercover Lincoln Police officer four times for drug deals and sold 87.5 grams of methamphetamine for $3,300. Authorities say Castro brought along his daughter with him for two of the deals, including the one when he was arrested.

Castro is being held in the Lancaster County on $200,000 bond. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney.

Omaha Police Say $10,000 in Guns Stolen from Storage Unit

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are looking for the people who stole about $10,000 in guns from a collector’s Omaha storage unit.

The collector told Omaha police that many of the guns had sentimental value.

John McQueney says list of stolen firearms hold priceless memories for him, because he had built a bond with his late father through them.

Some guns were rare, and others were antiques. McQueney says he wishes he had documented them better, because authorities have told him serial numbers can be helpful in tracking down stolen firearms.

Mountain Lion Sighting Reported in Eastern Nebraska

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LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Police in the Omaha suburb of La Vista say a report of a mountain lion in a residential area appears to be credible, and they are investigating.

A person reported to police seeing a cougar near 103rd and Giles over the weekend.

The sighting comes two months after Omaha police shot and killed a mountain lion outside a commercial building at 102nd and Q streets.

In March, Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies searched a large field after somebody reported spotting a cougar near 144th and Pacific. They did not find a mountain lion.

Grand Island Seeks to Keep Minors from Having E-Cigarettes

ecigaretteGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska law already criminalizes minors possessing e-cigarettes, but Grand Island officials are pursuing a city ordinance declaring the same thing, nonetheless.

City Attorney Bob Sivick said police asked for the ordinance.

Sivick says the concern comes as e-cigarettes are growing in popularity — particularly among teens.

Sivick says having a city ordinance means the infraction can be prosecuted in municipal court and keep such cases from clogging the Hall County court system, where more serious crimes take precedence. Sivick says it also would give police the ability to confiscate e-cigarettes without the worry of having to return the product to the owner if the county attorney declines to prosecute.

Violation of the ordinance would carry a $25 fine.

Arrest Made in Lincoln Trailer Fire Believed to Be Arson

arsonLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a 19-year-old man they believe started a fire outside his girlfriend’s mobile home in Lincoln.

Firefighters were called to the blaze around 12:30 a.m. Monday — the fourth time in less than a month they had been called to the trailer park for a fire.

Investigators say the man moved to the mobile home park about a month ago, around the same time the string of fires there began. One of the fires on July 4 killed a dog.

The man, who has not yet been formally charged, was convicted in 2013 of arson and sentenced to a year in jail for starting a fire in the basement of a vacant Lincoln home.

Nebraska Woman Who Testified Home Was ‘Temple of Drugs’ Sentenced

judgeshipYORK, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska judge has sentenced a woman to prison for distributing marijuana and prescription drugs at her home, which she called a temple for religious drug use.

Brenda Hines, of York, was convicted in May of four drug charges, including one for maintaining a place for drug trafficking.

She had testified that what she called her Temple of Zion reflected her religious beliefs and that God provided the marijuana she sold to temple members.

Hines was sentenced Monday to a term of two to four years on three counts and three months on a fourth count. The sentences will be served concurrently, meaning that Hines’ total sentence will be two to four years, with credit for the 33 days she already spent in custody.

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