LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police in Lincoln are warning residents of a scam on an online classified ads site that seeks to steal money from people looking to rent homes.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports in two cases, victims found listings on Craigslist that advertised homes for rent. The victims were told that to secure the homes, they needed to wire money, and then keys would be sent via FedEx delivery.

Officer Angela Sands says one woman wired $650 on Wednesday to rent a home and learned she had been scammed when she called the number on a rental sign outside the home.

On Thursday, another woman wired $1,300 for a deposit and became suspicious after a man posing as the landlord requested another $2,600 to cover the first and last months of rent.AP) — Police in Lincoln are warning residents of a scam on an online classified ads site that seeks to steal money from people looking to rent homes.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports in two cases, victims found listings on Craigslist that advertised homes for rent. The victims were told that to secure the homes, they needed to wire money, and then keys would be sent via FedEx delivery.

Officer Angela Sands says one woman wired $650 on Wednesday to rent a home and learned she had been scammed when she called the number on a rental sign outside the home.

On Thursday, another woman wired $1,300 for a deposit and became suspicious after a man posing as the landlord requested another $2,600 to cover the first and last months of rent.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Lincoln postal worker caught with stolen mail has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $3,700 in restitution.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 45-year-old Domonic Harris was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in February of illegal transactions with an access device. Federal prosecutors dismissed two other counts in exchange for Harris’ plea.

Prosecutors say that six weeks in early 2017, Harris worked for the U.S. Postal Service and was found to have filled out cards changing people’s mailing addresses in order to steal credit card information. Investigators say Harris obtained at least 12 credit cards in victims’ names and charged about $6,000 on them.

Harris was ordered to report to prison on Dec. 5.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have released the name of an officer who was shot during a traffic stop.

Police identified the officer as 42-year-old Ken Fortune, who’s been on the Omaha force for nearly 11 years.

Deputy Chief Scott Gray says the shooting happened about 4 p.m. Tuesday in northeast Omaha near Miller Park. Fortune was among three officers conducting the traffic stop when a passenger in the vehicle fled on foot, shooting at officers. Officers returned fired, wounding the passenger.

Police do not believe Fortune’s or the passenger’s wounds are life-threatening. They were taken to Nebraska Medical Center.

Police have not identified the passenger or the driver, who was arrested.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Bellevue man has pleaded no contest to manslaughter and a weapons count in the south Omaha shooting death of his friend.

32-year-old Matthew Arnold entered the plea Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors.

Police say an argument and name-calling led to the December shooting of 32-year-old Matthew Johnson.

Arnold will face up to 70 years in prison when he’s sentenced in November.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman who was critically injured after a deer crashed through her car’s windshield remains on life support to allow for the donation of her organs.

Sara Steiner, 35, was taken to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy after the Friday crash, The Omaha World-Herald reported .

Kara Cordell of Nebraska Organ Recovery declined to comment on Sara Steiner’s case specifically, but said it can take several days after an accident before a donor’s organs can be recovered. Organs are sometimes injured in an accident, but can heal while a donor remains on a ventilator, she said.

The organ donation is just one example of Steiner’s generosity, said Tammy Trahan, her mother.

Trahan said her daughter is also known for being outgoing and having a bubbly personality.

“She just had zest,” her mother said.

The accident occurred Friday morning while Steiner was on her way to work, officials said. Another vehicle initially struck the deer, which sent the animal airborne and into Steiner’s car, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The deer hit Steiner in the head and then exited through the vehicle’s rear window.

Sara Steiner had married Joseph Steiner in November. She was almost five months pregnant with a baby boy, who has died, Trahan said. She also has a five-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, according to her family.

Her mother-in-law, Julie Steiner, called her a “ray of sunshine.”

“She’s just got a wide open smile,” Julie Steiner said. “So much love to spread.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man with a robbery record has been imprisoned for an Omaha bank heist.

Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Robert Sanford, of Omaha, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Omaha for robbing the bank on Dec. 26 last year. Sanford was given 12½ years behind bars and was ordered to pay more than $4,300 in restitution.

Prosecutors say Sanford didn’t have a gun when he menaced a teller at the Bank of the West branch in southeast Omaha. He had two prior robbery convictions and was sentenced as a career offender.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has announced a settlement that will see the owner of a Bellevue apartment complex pay more than $76,500 in damages for illegally charging military service members for broken leases.

The Justice Department says Twin Creek Apartments must also pay a civil penalty of $20,000 for violating federal law by imposing lease termination charges against 65 service members. The charges ranged from $72 to $1,498 per service member.

The law prohibits landlords from charging service members an extra fee when they move due to military orders.

The settlement also prohibits Twin Creek from engaging in future violations.

HARTINGTON, Neb. (AP) – A South Dakota man accused of drinking alcohol before the fatal crash of an all-terrain vehicle has made a plea deal with Nebraska prosecutors.

Cedar County District Court records say 26-year-old Derrik Nelson pleaded no contest Monday to vehicular homicide and false reporting. Prosecutors dropped manslaughter and other charges in exchange. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 10.

The records say Nelson was driving the ATV after drinking for several hours before the June 2017 crash near Fordyce that killed his passenger, Jessi Anderson, a South Dakota State University student.

Prosecutors also dropped an accessory charge filed against Nelson’s father, J. Douglas Nelson. Prosecutors had accused him of dismantling the ATV to hide evidence. He’d said he was merely repairing damage he’d noticed.

The two men live in Yankton, South Dakota.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man was taken to a hospital he was rescued from the roof of a burning building in Lincoln.

The apartment building blaze was reported around 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Investigator Damon Robbins says the fire started when a man began lighting fireworks after a “psychological emergency.”

The man escaped from the third floor onto the roof. After his rescue, he was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons.

The building was declared a total loss.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned nine guilty verdicts but has let five others stand against an Omaha tax preparer who prepared and filed false returns.

U.S. District Court records show Sharon Williams-Combs was sentenced Friday to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution of nearly $12,200.

The records say that in April an Omaha jury convicted her of 14 counts. Prosecutors say she under-reported client incomes or falsified the sources of their incomes.

After the verdicts, Judge Robert Rossiter Jr. took up her motion for acquittal on 12 counts. She conceded there was enough evidence to convict on two counts.

Rossiter ruled in May that the government hadn’t met its burden of proof for nine of the counts and let stand her convictions on five counts.