NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — A 23-year-old northeast Nebraska woman has been sent to prison for selling cattle that didn’t belong to her.

Online court records say Rebecca Robbins, of Lyons, was sentenced last week to 40 to 120 months in prison. She’d pleaded no contest to three felony charges after making a deal with prosecutors.

Authorities say Robbins and 27-year-old Benjamin Johnson, of St. Edward, earlier this year sold about $75,000 worth of cattle to a couple from Columbus after showing the couple a herd in a field near Neligh (NEE’-lee). But the cattle actually belonged to Wilbur Rakow, who didn’t know anything about the impending deal.

Johnson pleaded no contest to one felony charge after two others were dismissed. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 28.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say one man has died after he and two other men were shot in northeast Omaha.

Omaha police say in a news release that officers were dispatched to the neighborhood a little after 5 p.m. Sunday. They found the three wounded men, who soon were sent to hospitals.

One of the men died later. He was identified as 27-year-old Derek Johnson. The two others were identified as 28-year-old Jermaine Richey and 24-year-old Demetrion Washington.

No arrests have been reported.

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hasn’t decided whether to join a lawsuit filed by other states against Colorado over its legalization of marijuana even though the two states share a border.

Spokeswoman Jennifer Rapp said Friday that Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has been considering legal action against Colorado for months.

But she said in an email that his office is still weighing its options.

Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a lawsuit Thursday with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to declare Colorado’s legalization of marijuana unconstitutional. They argue it’s a public safety issue.

They’re seeking to prevent Colorado from enforcing an initiative approved by voters in 2012 to legalize marijuana despite federal laws against it.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Police are investigating a fatal shooting after a 25-year-old man died on a sidewalk this weekend.

Police Officer Michael Pecha says the shooting victim was found around 4:45 a.m. Sunday in northeast Omaha.

The wounded man was found on a sidewalk and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police said the victim’s name was Kerrington Luker. But authorities released few other details of the shooting Sunday.

This is Omaha’s 27th homicide of the year.

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — The northeast Nebraska town ravaged by a tornado has received a donation of 50 flags and 10 decorative cases to help replace what was lost in the June 16 storm.

Lt. Gov. John Nelson and officials from Woodman of the World presented the flags to Pilger officials Friday to replace ones the town used for ceremonies at its cemetery.

The city’s previous flags were stored inside city offices that were heavily damaged by the storm along with three-quarters of the town.

Pilger Village Clerk Kim Nieman said the new flags will look beautiful at the cemetery.

Midwest Bank of Pilger also gave the town a check for $400. The bank collected individual donations to help replace the lost flags.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A rural southeastern Nebraska man has been sentenced to three years’ probation in a child pornography case.

31-year-old Bradley Garton of rural Gage County was sentenced Friday in Gage County District Court. Garton pleaded guilty in October to two counts of attempting to possess and deliver child pornography. In exchange for his guilty pleas, the charges were reduced from higher felony counts of possession of child porn.

Prosecutors say Garton used his work email earlier this year to exchange pictures of child pornography with others.

In addition to probation, Garton must also register as a sex offender.

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man accused of choking his son at a Norfolk wrestling meet has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for the January incident.

38-year-old DeAndrew Stapleton was also sentenced Friday in Madison County District Court to two years’ probation.

Stapleton pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of strangulation. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a second felony child abuse charge.

Police said they believed Stapleton had been drinking when he grabbed his teenage son by the neck following the match. Other adults intervened, and the boy vomited after Stapleton let go of his neck.

At his sentencing, Stapleton tearfully apologized to his children. His attorney said Stapleton completed anger management and parenting courses this year.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has sent a lawsuit challenging Nebraska’s practice of denying driver’s licenses for some immigrants back to Nebraska state court, saying it doesn’t raise a definitive federal issue.

Chief U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp on Friday rejected the contention by Nebraska attorneys that federal court was best venue for the lawsuit.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit last year in Lancaster County District Court on behalf of four Omaha residents. The lawsuit says Nebraska officials violated state law by refusing to issue driver’s licenses to participants in President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program allows people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to work in the country, and protects them from deportation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Police leaders say they are making a renewed push to eradicate profiling among the department’s ranks.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer (SHMAHD-er) recently discussed his department’s efforts with the Omaha World-Herald, saying “profiling is something that won’t be tolerated.”

New U.S. Justice Department guidelines announced this month ban federal officers from profiling people based on religion, national origin, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Schmaderer says the Omaha department’s anti-profiling policy, updated in March, closely mirrors federal guidelines.

The department has submitted changes — adding protections for gender identity and political affiliation — to the state’s crime commission for approval in 2015.

Schmaderer says the department is also undergoing anti-bias training.