A 51-year-old southeast Nebraska man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Nebraska says Roger Price was sentenced in Omaha’s federal court on Friday.

Price was previously convicted in Delaware of an offence that required him to register as a sex offender for life.

In October 2012, the U.S. Marshals Service learned that Price had been living in Rulo, Neb., for at least two months and had not registered as a sex offender with the Nebraska State Patrol.

After Price’s release from prison, he will undergo 10 years of supervision.

A Southeast Texas woman is facing a felony charge for allegedly delaying hospital treatment of her teenage son’s gunshot wound until she researched treatment options online.

The incident happened Tuesday evening at the family’s home in Santa Fe, about 30 miles southeast of Houston. Police say a friend of the 14-year-old son was playing with a handgun and pointed it at him when it went off, wounding the boy in the thigh.

Police say the boy and his mother, Deborah Tagle, delayed seeking hospital treatment for hours until she researched gunshot wounds on the WebMD website. He’s now stable condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

Tagle was arrested Friday and freed on bond. She’s charged with injury to a child. A phone call to her home went unanswered Friday.

Police say an elderly Lincoln woman who was hit by a car while riding her bike through a city intersection will probably will lose her injured foot.

Police Sgt. Craig Price says the 78-year-old woman was making a right turn on her bike late Friday afternoon when a car hit her. Price and a nurse who happened to be at the scene of the crash said the woman will likely have to have her injured foot amputated.

Police say the woman was taken to a Lincoln hospital in critical condition, but her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

The Omaha Police Department has revised its policy regarding the public’s use of cameras in the wake of an investigation into recent excessive force allegations that saw four officers fired.

Police officials say the department has long recognized the public’s right to record the actions of police in public. The revised policy spells out that people cannot be arrested simply for recording police or being near a crime scene.

Police Chief Todd Schmaderer (SHMAH-dur) fired four officers last month after a March 21 incident involving police was secretly recorded. The video showed an officer violently throwing a man to the ground and punching him while he was restrained. Other officers were seen chasing Johnson’s brother, who was recording the arrest, into his house.

The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Seward County Attorney has released the names of the suspects involved in a fatal pursuit on Friday, May 10.

Nathan D. Brokaw, 28, Brainard, was killed after exchanging gunfire with Nebraska State Patrol troopers.  A second suspect Joseph J. Pritchard, 31, Stromsburg, was taken into custody after falling out of the passenger side of the vehicle.

The incident began during the early evening hours on Friday, May 10, as investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol were conducting surveillance on Brokaw and Pritchard at a residence at 310 East 7^th Street, in Stromsburg. Brokaw was wanted on active felony warrants out of Platte and Colfax Counties for Terroristic Threats and Witness Tampering, while Pritchard was wanted for Absconding Parole.  Around 7:00 p.m., investigators observed the two males sitting in a car parked in an alley behind the residence. Investigators approached the vehicle at which time the vehicle accelerated through the yard. Pritchard was thrown from the passenger side door. He was taken into custody. Pritchard was transported to the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center in Lincoln on the arrest warrant for his parole violation

A pursuit ensued traveling on county roads in Polk, Butler and Seward Counties. During the pursuit Brokaw, the driver of the vehicle, fired multiple rounds at NSP units. Just north of the community of Bee, the suspect vehicle was rammed by NSP units and came to rest in the east ditch off County Road 252 in Seward County. Once the vehicle was stopped Brokaw fired multiple rounds at troopers who returned fire, fatally wounding Brokaw.  No troopers were injured during the pursuit. There were two primary patrol units involved in the pursuit. Approximately 8-10 units responded to the scene to assist in intercepting the fleeing suspect.

The investigation continues. An autopsy will be conducted. Investigative reports, once completed, will be forwarded to the Seward County Attorney. Nebraska law requires a grand jury be convened anytime someone dies while in custody or in the process of apprehension.

The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Seward County Attorney and Seward County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a pursuit in which the driver of the vehicle was killed after firing on troopers.

During the early evening hours on Friday, May 10, investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol were conducting surveillance on two males with active felony warrants at a residence in Stromsburg.  Just before 8:00 p.m., investigators observed two males sitting in a car parked in an alley behind the residence. Investigator’s approached the vehicle at which time the vehicle accelerated through the yard, ejecting one male suspect out of the passenger side of the vehicle. The suspect ejected from the vehicle sustained minor injuries and was taken into custody.

A pursuit ensued traveling on county roads in Polk, Butler and Seward Counties. During the pursuit, the driver of the suspect vehicle fired multiple rounds at Nebraska State Patrol units. Just north of the community of Bee, the suspect vehicle was rammed by NSP units and came to rest in the east ditch off of County Road 252 in Seward County.  Once the vehicle was stopped, the suspect fired multiple rounds at troopers who returned fire fatally wounding the suspect.

The names of the deceased suspect and the suspect taken into custody in Stromsburg are not being released at this time. No Nebraska State Patrol troopers were injured.

The investigation continues. No further details will be released at this time.

Southern California authorities are trying to determine whether pit bulls seized at an alleged pot house are the same dogs that mauled a runner to death.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Friday that authorities will try to match DNA from six animals seized at a home in the Mojave Desert community of Littlerock. A man there was arrested Thursday on suspicion of growing pot.

Authorities say four pit bulls attacked and killed a 63-year-old woman jogging in the town earlier Thursday. Her name hasn’t been released.

 

Authorities say a 52-year-old woman who was pointing a flare gun has been shot by an Omaha officer.

A police news release says the incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. Thursday in north-central Omaha.

Officers had been dispatched to the home of Madonna Runco. Runco told them her daughter was playing music too loudly in the garage and said the woman, Paula Moen, had a mental illness.

The officers say Moen pulled a knife when they asked her to turn down the music. One of them fired an electronic stun gun at Moen, but it proved ineffective.

The officers say Moen then pointed a flare gun at one of them. One officer fired her handgun, hitting Moen in the chest.

Moen was reported in critical condition at an Omaha hospital.