Police have cited a Lincoln man on suspicion of practicing law without a law license.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that police cited Clinton Brooks Jr. with the misdemeanor on Thursday. Brooks, who is not a licensed attorney in Nebraska, is accused of accepting money to file a divorce and child custody case, then failing to do so.

Lincoln Police Capt. Danny Reitan says the client demanded the money back, but Brooks refused to refund it.

The client then took his legal issues to a licensed attorney, who notified the Nebraska State Bar Association.

An Omaha man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a fatal botched robbery.

Omaha media that 23-year-old Marqus Patton, one of five people charged in the July 2011 shooting death of Kris Winters, was sentenced Friday in Douglas County District Court.

Winters was killed during the robbery attempt at his home. Patton was one of four men involved in the robbery in which a teen girl was sent to pose as a marijuana customer before the robbery.

Nicholas Ely and Ryan Elseman also have received a life sentences for their roles.

Two others, Drake Northrop and Emily Gusman, testified for prosecutors and will face lesser sentences.

A 28-year-old Columbus man accused of kicking his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son when the boy opened some gifts before Christmas will stand trial as a habitual criminal.

The Associated Press reports that Nathan Brokaw is set to stand trial on April 1 on charges of felony child abuse and being a habitual criminal for previous drug, theft and burglary convictions.

Last month, a day care operator contacted police when the boy showed up with injuries to the left side of his face and to his neck. An affidavit says the boy told a Columbus Police officer that he’d been kicked by Brokaw when his mother wasn’t in the room.

A former Phelps County corrections officer pleaded not guilty to eight charges of sexually assaulting female inmates.

Louis P. Campana Jr. of Holdrege was arrested Nov. 6 and has been charged with four counts of felony first-degree sexual abuse of an inmate and four counts of second-degree sexual abuse of an inmate.

According to court documents, Campana worked for Phelps County from April 21, 2010, to Oct. 1, 2012, when he resigned.

Court records outline against Campana:

On July 11, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a former female inmate that Campana was involved in sexual contact with female inmates.

Phelps County Sheriff Gene Samuelson contacted the Nebraska State Patrol about the report on July 13. Campana was placed on administrative leave the same day while an investigation was conducted.

The investigation revealed that Campana allegedly assaulted four former or current female inmates several times from March 22 to July 9 at the Phelps County Jail. The incidents occurred in the cellblock and individual jail cells.

Campana allegedly entered the cellblock to talk to the inmates from a door not commonly used by correctional officers and out of view of video cameras.

According to the victims, Campana allegedly would provide them with candy and pop and do other favors for them and would say the victims owed him.

Campana is free on a $150,000 bond under the condition he does not contact the victims.

He pleaded not guilty Dec. 14 and waived his preliminary hearing in Phelps County Court. He is scheduled for a hearing Feb. 5 in Phelps County District Court.

If convicted, and he isn’t placed on probation, he faces up to 20 years in prison for the first-degree sexual assault charges, and up to five years each on the second-degree sexual assault charges.

Authorities in Inkster, Michigan, are reporting that a third-grade student brought a loaded handgun to his elementary school.  Luckily, he was stopped before he was able to walk through the door.

Spokeswoman for the school district, Val Hughes, says the principal at Daly Elementary School was tipped off by a phone call prior to the start of school Friday.

The principal was able to head the boy off at the school’s entrance and safely removed the boy and the gun from school grounds.  School officials reported no injuries during the ordeal and no details were released on how the young boy acquired the weapon.

Inkster Police would not release any details about the case when contacted by the Associated Press.

Inkster is located approximately 15 miles west of Detroit.