LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Lincoln police say a distracted woman hit her car’s gas pedal instead of the brake, sending the car crashing into a store and the store’s clerk to a hospital.
Police said that the crash happened Monday night at a Payless Shoe Source.
Investigators say a cashier who was ringing up customers near the front of the store was hit by the car and taken to a Lincoln hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. No customer was injured; neither was the driver of the car.
The car had traveled about 10 feet into the store.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A compromise that would let Nebraska influence the route of the Keystone XL and other major oil pipelines is slated for final approval.
Lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on two bills to regulate oil pipelines within the state’s borders. Gov. Dave Heineman has said he supports the measures, and has scheduled a bill-signing ceremony after the vote.
One measure would subject the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to a state environmental review. The other would direct the Public Service Commission to review future projects with public input.
Jane Kleeb, executive director of the group Bold Nebraska, has scheduled news conference to outline how pipeline critics will proceed once the special session ends. Bold Nebraska has led a citizen campaign against the Keystone XL along with environmental groups and landowners.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – An attorney who wants voters to decide whether marijuana should be legal in Nebraska will be able to get a marijuana-themed license plate after all.
The state Department of Motor Vehicles reversed course Monday and decided to allow Holbrook attorney Frank Shoemaker to get “NE420” license plates. Last week, Shoemaker sued the state in federal court saying his free speech rights were being violated by the denial.
The DMV had said Shoemaker’s application was rejected because the number 420 refers to a date and time when pot smokers are encouraged to partake in the drug.
Shoemaker submitted petition language for his proposed ballot initiative on legalizing marijuana to the Nebraska Secretary of State’s office earlier this year.

 

SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) – A Sidney High School assistant football coach arrested on drug charges has been sent to a treatment center.
Robert Lewis was arrested last Thursday by the Nebraska State Patrol after a traffic stop in Sidney. The arrest affidavit says
troopers discovered marijuana and hashish in his car.
Court documents show a judge granted a defense motion for inpatient treatment at a facility in O’Neil, where Lewis will remain until he’s discharged.
School Superintendent John Hakonson said that he’s reviewing court documents to determine what action the school needs to take.
A telephone call to Lewis’ attorney, Donald Miller, was not returned on Monday.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (North Platte Post)- The seizure of 33.1 lbs of marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate-80 led to the arrest of a California man.

Just after noon on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2011 Chevy Malibu for following too close near the I-80 Milford Interchange. Upon contact with the driver, the trooper smelled the odor of marijuana and conducted a probable cause search. The search led to the seizure of 33.1 lbs of marijuana. The drugs were contained in a large suitcase and duffle bag in the trunk of the car.

The driver of the vehicle, Christopher A. Hinde, 47, Greenbrae, CA was lodged in the Seward County Jail on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

 

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – The murder case of a 20-year-old Columbus man has been forwarded to Platte County District Court for trial.
Ozzy Tilden is accused of stabbing to death 36-year-old Jerry Garcia during a fight in the parking lot of the Sundown Motel in Columbus on Oct. 8.
Tilden was bound over for trial after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing in county court last week.
Tilden is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 9 on charges of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony.
He’s been held without bond since surrendering in October.
Tilden’s lawyer, Todd Lancaster, declined to comment on Monday.

 

HEMINGFORD, Neb. (AP) – Hemingford Police Chief Mark Lindburg has resigned, leaving the town with just one officer.
Eagle Radio station KQSK reports that the village board accepted Lindburg’s resignation earlier this week. No reason was given for Lindburg’s resignation.
Hemingford’s remaining officer, Forrest Hickman, has been given approval to use part-time help as needed until a new chief is hired.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska inmate has been charged in a federal indictment with threatening President Barack Obama.
The indictment announced Thursday says 20-year-old Loren James Hamlin has been charged with making threats against the president.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha says Hamlin sent a letter from prison on Sept. 29 saying he would “track down” and kill the president.
The indictment does not say to whom the letter was sent, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said he could not give any details beyond what is in the indictment.
Online prison records show Hamlin began his 3-to-5 year sentence for burglary on Jan. 10 and is expected to be released on Sept. 1, 2013.
If convicted of the federal charge, Hamlin faces up to five years in federal prison.

 

MILFORD, Neb. (AP) – A driver from Kentucky has been arrested in the seizure of more than 53 pounds of marijuana from a utility truck on Interstate 80 in Nebraska.
The Nebraska State Patrol says the 65-year-old man from Louisville, Ky., was stopped Thursday afternoon near the Milford interchange for following too closely and driving on the shoulder.
A trooper was given consent to search the truck and, the patrol says, the marijuana was found in two suitcases and two boxes in an enclosed area in the bed of the truck.
The driver was placed in the Seward County jail on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Lincoln police say officers have arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of selling methamphetamine in a parking lot.
Police say that the boy sold two grams of meth Wednesday to an undercover officer for $200 in a parking lot, and minutes later, bought more meth from a 19-year-old woman who pulled into the parking lot.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of delivering a controlled substance, and a 43-year-old man who drove the boy to the parking lot was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting.
Police say the boy faces a possession charge and is in a juvenile detention center. Police say the child’s mother died in March and his father is out of state. The boy’s grandmother is his legal guardian.