OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to return $91,000 he stole in an online scam.

42-year-old David Roberts was sentenced Wednesday on one count of wire fraud, with nine counts of the same charge dropped.

According to his plea agreement, Roberts wrote fake checks for online purchases of services and products. Once each check was mailed, Roberts requested the sellers wire back a portion of his payment and disappeared with that money before they realized the checks weren’t real. He received over $91,000 from 55 wire transfers in an eight-month period.

At his sentencing hearing, Roberts told a judge he had nothing to say. He was ordered to report to a federal prison facility May 18.

CLATONIA, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old DeWitt man has been killed in a rollover crash that occurred in southeast Nebraska’s Gage County.

Authorities say Jacob Bridges was driving his sport utility vehicle north on a county road Tuesday evening when the SUV went out of control about a mile east of Clatonia. The Gage County Sheriff’s Office says the SUV ran into a roadside ditch and rolled several times, ejecting Bridges. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The flashing lights were signaling a message of love in Morse code, but they spelled out something alarming to some passers-by who saw them in Lincoln’s Haymarket district.

Incandescent lights had been set up on the third floor of one building and the fifth floor of another nearby, with switches synchronized so a Morse message could be sent. It’s all part of a public art piece by Jamie Burmeister, of Omaha.

He says the message is “LUV U.” But some people who called police or businesses in the buildings thought the message was an SOS sent by people in trouble.

Burmeister says he should have done better promotion of his work in order to avoid the confusion. “Message Matters” is the work’s title.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the second worker killed by an explosion at a rail car repair facility in Omaha.

The Omaha Police Department identified him as 44-year-old Adrian LaPour.

Tuesday afternoon’s blast occurred at the repair shop of GE Capital Rail Services, which is near a BNSF rail yard. The two men worked at Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services, hired by GE Capital Rail.

The other dead worker has been identified as 40-year-old Dallas Foulk. Battalion Chief Tim McCaw of the Omaha Fire Department says Foulk was found on the ground near a tank car. The body of LaPour was retrieved later from inside the tank car.

A third worker, who was atop the tank car, wearing a harness, was blown off but escaped serious injury.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A 30-year-old Hastings man convicted of trying to kill a police officer and of other crimes has been sent to prison.

On Tuesday in Adams County District Court, Marty Deckert was sentenced to five to eight years for attempted murder, 20 months to five years for operating a vehicle to avoid arrest and a year for trespassing. The sentences are to be served at the same time. Deckert was credited for 264 days already served.

Authorities say Deckert tried to avoid arrest in July by speeding away in a car, dragging a police officer.

In March a judge rejected Deckert’s request to withdraw pleas of no contest he’d made in a deal with prosecutors, who lowered two of the charges and dismissed others.

DENVER (AP) — More than two people have come forward with allegations that security agents at Denver International Airport groped them.

Denver district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said Wednesday that several people called prosecutors after Denver television station KCNC reported the firings of two security agents. A female agent and a male agent were accused of working together to allow one of them to grope a male traveler he thought was attractive.

Police reports say a Transportation Security Administration supervisor saw the two coordinating in February. The female agent is accused of setting a computer to indicate a woman was being screened so the machine would find an anomaly in the genital area, requiring a pat-down.

Prosecutors did not charge the screeners, but Kimbrough says the investigation continues as new victims come forward.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The president of the Capital Humane Society said staff failed to tell owners their adopted dog, who was fatally shot by Lincoln police, was conditioned to not like law enforcement.

Max, a black-and-white mixed breed dog, charged at and jumped onto the chest of Officer Jason Brownell, who shot the dog twice. The officer was visiting John and Lynette Markey Sunday about a minor traffic accident that occurred the day before.

According to the society president, Max’s former owner decided not to claim Max from the shelter. He informed the staff that Max had witnessed his encounters with law enforcement, and associated them with an unpleasant atmosphere.

Downey says he is trying to find out why the Markeys were not informed of Max’s aversion to police. The couple says they will try to adopt another dog.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request to temporarily block limits on leafleting and other activities outside Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Larry Ball was arrested last year and again in March for handing out religious leaflets outside the arena. Days after his last arrest, Ball filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city, the mayor, police chief and arena operator.

Ball contends the area where activity is restricted is a public area, violating free speech liberties. The city says the area is quasi-public and that it has the right to limit protests and leafleting on it.

Ball had asked the judge to block the city from enforcing its policy while the lawsuit is pending. The judge rejected that Wednesday, saying Ball has not shown his lawsuit is likely to succeed.