(AP) — Police cited five people in connection with the spreading of 100 pounds of birdseed on Beatrice High School’s artificial turf football field.

The five people turned themselves into police and received misdemeanor citations Tuesday.

They are one 18-year-old, three 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old. Police are seeking another teen believed to be involved.

The teens told police they dumped the birdseed because they thought it would be funny to see birds covering the field.

Some seed was vacuumed up, but much of it got into the fibers of the turf and could force the replacement of crumb rubber that supports the turf.

Police Chief Bruce Lang says the teens were charged with misdemeanors because damage isn’t expected to top the $1,500 threshold for a felony.

(AP) — Police have charged two people with first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of a northeast Nebraska man.

The Columbus Police Department says 26-year-old Quentin Critser and 31-year-old Kimberly Henderson were arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of 51-year-old Steven Jorgensen.

A third person, 30-year-old Eric Henry, has been issued an arrest warrant. Police say he faces a first-degree murder charge. He is currently at the Butler County Jail for an unrelated crime.

Jorgensen was found dead inside his Columbus home on May 22. Police say he was stabled multiple times with a knife and it appears he was killed during a struggle.

Authorities have not released additional information about the case.

Court records do not list attorneys.

(AP) — Police say one of three people shot on a pedestrian bridge that connects Omaha with Council Bluffs, Iowa, has died.

Omaha police say 26-year-old Shamari Richards died Wednesday morning from injuries sustained on the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge. The other victims, 29-year-old Kevin Jenkins and 19-year-old Jeremy Fejeran, have non-life threatening injuries.

The shootings were reported a little after 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. The bridge closes at 11 p.m.

Police say there had been a disturbance at the bridge before the shots rang out. Witnesses told officers that they heard gunshots and then saw a crowd of people scatter. Police didn’t report any arrests.

(AP) — Lightning was blamed for a fire that destroyed a warehouse in the southeast Nebraska community of Jansen.

Jansen Fire Chief Gary Hermsmeier said the lightning hit the building late Monday during a night of severe weather.

The building was burning when firefighters arrived. It was locked and crews had difficulty getting inside.

Firefighters eventually decided the building couldn’t be saved and they concentrated on protecting neighbors.

The building held scaffoldings and other construction equipment.

Firefighters from neighboring departments in Jefferson and Thayer counties helped fight the blaze.

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(AP) — Weather officials say multiple tornadoes have been reported in south-central Nebraska.

The National Weather Service says multiple tornadoes touched the ground Wednesday afternoon in the counties of Clay, Hamilton and York.

The first tornado was reported shortly before 3 p.m. in a rural area just north of Clay Center. A second tornado was later reported near the city of York.

Meteorologist Mike Moritz says a preliminary report indicates the first tornado near Clay Center was on the ground for several minutes. Additional information about the other tornados was not immediately available.

(AP) — It’s now hard to miss the Central Nebraska Humane Society shelter in Grand Island.

Local businessman Fred Schritt donated a sign that was installed Tuesday. It features a small blue convertible driven by Snoopy with Garfield beside him.

The car sits atop a pole in front of the shelter.

Humane Society Executive Director Laurie Dethloff calls it “a sheer, expensive, wonderful gesture.”

Schritt has other cars mounted outside his auto-body shop. He says he hopes it will attract people to the Humane Society, where they will adopt a pet.

(AP) — At least three people have been shot on the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge that connects Omaha with Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Omaha police say the shootings were reported a little after 1:15 a.m. Wednesday. The bridge closes at 11 p.m.

Police say there had been a disturbance at the bridge before the shots rang out. Witnesses told officers that they heard gunshots and then saw a crowd of people scatter.

One of the wounded people was taken in critical condition to an Omaha hospital. Two other people also were hospitalized.

The names of those involved have not been released.

Police didn’t report any arrests.

(AP) — A 36-year-old Grand Island man who was acquitted of murder last year has been given prison time for assaulting a jail guard.

Arkanjelo Kot was sentenced Tuesday to two to four years in prison.

In April a judge denied Kot’s request to withdraw his no-contest plea to assaulting the guard. The incident occurred while Kot was being held in jail awaiting the murder trial.

Prosecutors say Kot punched the guard last June when the guard tried to break up an argument Kot was having with another inmate.

In November Kot was found not guilty of murder in the July 2010 slaying of 17-year-old Walid Omar-Aden. Kot testified that he fired his gun in self-defense.

(AP) — A former federal police officer in Grand Island has been given 300 days in jail for misdemeanor sexual assault.

Justin Maltagliati had pleaded no contest after prosecutors lowered his original felony charge. The 41-year-old was sentenced on Tuesday.

Maltagliati was employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center when the incident occurred on July 20 last year.

A woman told police that she’d filed documents for a protection order against Maltagliati three days earlier. She says she awoke at 3 a.m. that day to find him touching her. She says he sexually assaulted her despite her telling him to stop and trying to push him away.

He will get credit for the 56 days he has already served in jail.

(AP) — A 49-year-old Lincoln woman has been found guilty of stealing nearly $40,000 from a clinic for recovering addicts.

Lancaster County District Judge Jodi Nelson on Tuesday found Becky Nannen guilty of theft by unlawful taking.

Prosecutors had accused her of stealing $39,925 from 2008 to 2011 when she worked as an accountant at First Step Recovery in Lincoln. The embezzlement was discovered by a staff audit.

First Step Recovery helps people addicted to drugs, alcohol and gambling as well as those with eating disorders.

Nannen will be sentenced Aug. 1. Her prison sentence could range from one to 20 years.