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Teen driver dies after 2-vehicle crash near Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 17-year-old driver was killed in a two-vehicle crash just south of Lincoln.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says 17-year-old Brianna Titterington, of rural Roca, was critically injured in the Sunday afternoon crash. She was pronounced dead Monday at a hospital.

The crash happened on Saltillo Road, just west of South 68th Street when a car driven by Titterington entered into westbound traffic and collided with a westbound pickup truck.

The sheriff’s office says the driver of the pickup, 60-year-old Gene Hagstrom, of rural Lincoln, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Woman arrested in stabbing of boyfriend in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Texas woman is in custody in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend in Omaha, but relatives say she was acting in self-defense.

The 30-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of criminal homicide in the death of 30-year-old Amir Bey of Houston. It wasn’t immediately clear Sunday if the woman has been formally charged. The suspect also is from Houston.

Bey was stabbed Saturday night in northwest Omaha. The suspect’s mother says she and the woman were in Omaha for a wedding. She says her daughter and Bey had been arguing prior to the stabbing.

Lincoln man dies 3 days after crash into tree

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has died, several days after a crash that left him critically injured.

65-year-old John Guenzel died Thursday at a Lincoln hospital after being involved in a crash Monday near 17th and Van Dorn streets.

Police say Guenzel suffered a life-threatening medical episode at about 11:30 p.m. Monday before his SUV hit a tree.

Lincoln Police Sgt. David Munn says Guenzel died early Thursday afternoon.

Guenzel was the president and founder of First Nebraska Trust Company and was an avid horseman, serving on the Western Nebraska Cutting Horse Association board.

‘Godfather of Grass’ sentenced to 57 months in prison

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The “Godfather of Grass,” who fled to Canada after being indicted on federal drug charges and spent eight years on the run, was sentenced Thursday to almost five years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III in Louisville sentenced John Robert “Johnny” Boone, 74, formerly of Marion County, Kentucky, to 57 months. Prosecutors said he pleaded guilty in December to a single count, admitting that he conspired to possess, grow and distribute more than 1,000 marijuana plants at an operation near Springfield. Boone watered and fertilized the plants and concealed them on a farm near his home, prosecutors said.

Kentucky State Polices spotted the plants during an aerial operation in May 2008, according to the criminal complaint.

Boone was a fugitive until he was arrested in Canada in December 2016. He was deported last April.

Boone was convicted in the 1980s and spent a decade in prison for what prosecutors called a massive marijuana syndicate. They said he was head of a multistate marijuana operation known as the “Cornbread Mafia,” which had 29 farms in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Wisconsin.

Boone was featured on the TV show “America’s Most Wanted,” spurring a Facebook page called Run, Johnny, Run. He has been described as a tattooed Santa Claus.

Omaha man killed in crash on highway near Gretna

GRETNA, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old Omaha man has died in a two-vehicle crash on Nebraska Highway 370 just east of Gretna.

The crash happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday.

Sarpy County Sheriff’s Lt. Mike Erhart says a southbound car on 186th Street turned left onto the highway and was hit in the driver’s side by a westbound pickup truck. The driver of the car, Scott Hansen, was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

A stretch of the highway around the crash was shut down for about three hours. Officials continue to investigate.

Nebraska mom gets 55-75 years for killing daughter, 4

Carla Montoya
MADISON, Neb. (AP) — A northeast Nebraska woman convicted of killing her 4-year-old daughter has been given 55 to 75 years in prison.

Carla Montoya was sentenced Thursday in Madison County District Court. She’d been found guilty Jan. 31 of intentional child abuse resulting in death.

Prosecutors say Montoya told police she became angry at her daughter, Caylee, and tossed her into a bed three times on March 12, 2016, and that the girl may have hit her head on the bed frame or a wall. The girl died days later in an Omaha hospital.

Man gets 20-50 years for firing at vehicle full of people

Shantell Hickey
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been imprisoned for shooting at a vehicle full of people in Lincoln.

Shantrell Hickey was sentenced Wednesday to 20 to 50 years. He’d been found guilty of discharging a firearm near a vehicle and of using a firearm to commit a felony.

Police say he fired at least seven shots at the vehicle on Feb. 21, 2017. No injuries were reported.

No injuries reported in south-central Nebraska plane crash

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A fire chief says no one was injured in a plane crash at the Hastings airport in south-central Nebraska.

Firefighters and other first responders were dispatched to Hastings Municipal Airport around 8 a.m. Friday. Hastings Fire Chief Kent Gilbert says only a pilot and co-pilot were on board.

Gilbert says the plane crashed upon landing, ending up with its nose on the ground. He couldn’t say what caused the twin-engine aircraft’s carrier’s mishap.

Airport manager David Wacker says he doesn’t know whether winds gusting over 35 mph (56 kph) played any role in the accident.

Wacker says the plane is operated by Ameriflight, a cargo outfit based at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Ameriflight officials didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

Oklahoma man arrested in Nebraska stabbing

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is accused of paying a relative $200 and meth to cut off his wife’s hair and scar her face in a stabbing in Nebraska in 2016.

Eddy Stabler, 47, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, The Lincoln Journal Star reports.

Jacinda Welsch Stabler, 32, awoke in the early hours of May 29, 2016, to find someone attacking her, an arrest affidavit said. Welsch Stabler said she spent two nights in the hospital and required more than 30 staples to fix the stab wounds on her head, back and right hand.

She told investigators she didn’t recognize the attacker.

Welsch Stabler was divorcing Eddy Stabler but didn’t believe her husband was the attacker, the affidavit said. An anonymous tip led authorities to arrest Athea Stabler, a relative of Eddy Stabler, in July 2016. Authorities believe he was upset about the pending divorce and had Athea Stabler carry out the assault. Police believe they spent weeks planning the attack.

The divorce was never finalized. The couple now lives separately in Oklahoma.

Athea Stabler, 31, of Bertrand, has pleaded not guilty. She’s awaiting trial on charges of second-degree assault, burglary and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in Lancaster County District Court.

Eddy Stabler is in Comanche County jail in Lawton pending extradition. Court records don’t list an attorney for him.

OSHA cites northeastern Nebraska plant in worker’s death

WAKEFIELD, Neb. (AP) — A federal workplace safety agency has cited a northeastern Nebraska egg processing plant where a worker was killed last year.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release Friday that the Michael Foods plant in Wakefield violated several safety provisions in the September death of a worker.

OSHA determined that the plant failed to properly brace a dock leveler as it was undergoing maintenance, causing it to fall on the employee who was helping with the maintenance. A dock leveler is a device used to allow a forklift to travel between a loading dock and a trailer.

OSHA says Michael Foods faces $188,464 in proposed penalties and has 15 business days to respond.

A spokeswoman at the company’s Minnetonka, Minnesota, headquarters did not immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment.

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