LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Evidence obtained from an unlawful stop of a man on a bike in Lincoln cannot be used against him at trial.

53-year-old Charles Sales Jr. had been facing three felonies: possessing methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possessing money while violating drug laws and resisting arrest with a prior offense.

But a Lancaster County District judge recently tossed out the drug charges because a Lincoln police officer stopped Sales last August for riding his bike in a crosswalk. That’s not against the law.

The officer said he found a bag of meth in Sales’ sweatshirt pocket. Because the stop was unlawful, the meth can’t be admitted into evidence.

The judge agreed with prosecutors that Sales can still be tried for resisting arrest.

EAGLE, Neb. (AP) — A 47-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash involving a semitrailer in eastern Nebraska.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened around 9 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 43.

Investigators say Chris Badman, of South Bend, was driving his motorcycle northbound when he hit a loaded flatbed semitrailer as it turned left.

Badman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation into the crash continues.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Lincoln teens won $10,000 scholarships with their prom outfits made out of duct tape.

Emily O’Gara and Ethan Weber won an online vote to claim the grand prize in the Duck tape company’s Stuck at Prom contest.

The Lincoln couple was among 34 finalists in the contest.

They used more than 14 rolls of duct tape to create the prom dress and tux they wore to Pius X High School’s prom this spring. It took them four weeks to complete the outfits.

O’Gara says the experience was exhausting but fun. She plans to use her scholarship to pursue a degree at the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 5-year-old miniature American shepherd from Omaha has a shot at global glory in Italy as she trains to be the quickest dog in the nation and perhaps the world.

Pixel and her owner and trainer Ami Sheffield will be traveling to Italy at the end of the month to join the American Kennel Club team in competing at the European Open.

Dog agility competitions measure how fast a dog can complete an obstacle course. Trainers are given a course map with a few minutes to prepare, and dogs must complete the course in the correct order without error, otherwise they’ll face a time penalty or elimination.

Pixel is competing in the 12-inch jump class and is Team USA’s only representative from Nebraska.

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BANCROFT, Neb. (AP) — The wife of a man charged with murder, arson and other crimes in northeast Nebraska has been charged as an accessory to the arson.

Court records say investigators think 41-year-old Becky Weitzenkamp was involved in the fire that destroyed the Cuming County home of 64-year-old Ernest Warnock a day after he was killed but before his body was found. The body was found March 11 in the rubble of the home north of Bancroft. Investigators say he’d been stabbed to death before the fire.

Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call Thursday from The Associated Press.

Weitzenkamp’s husband, 48-year-old Jody Olson, and his 27-year-old son, Derek, are charged with second-degree murder, arson and related crimes.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a bacterial infection has been killing fish at Lake Zorinsky in Omaha.

Crappie carcasses have been piling up along the lake’s shore. Experts have determined that the killer is the columnaris bacterium, which doesn’t spread to humans.

Officials say nothing can be done to stop the outbreak, which isn’t affecting other species in the lake.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say two people sought in an Omaha homicide have been found in Texas.

The Omaha Police Department says 29-year-old Adrian Ixta and 26-year-old Milea Ixta were taken into custody Thursday morning. They’re being held in the Harris County Jail in Houston, pending their return to Nebraska.

Online court records say Adrian Ixta is charged with first-degree murder and two weapons counts, accused of shooting to death 40-year-old Billy Walker on Friday. Milea Ixta is charged with being an accessory to a felony. Nebraska court records don’t list an attorney who could comment for them.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mayor of Omaha is forming a Native American advisory board and Omaha police officers will receive training on indigenous culture after a man died in police custody.

City officials and leaders in the indigenous community met after the June 5 death of unarmed Native American Zachary Bearheels.

Police say Bearheels died after being shocked 12 times with a Taser, punched and dragged by his hair by officers. Police allege they were responding to a disturbance call at a convenience store.

Indian Affairs Commissioner Rudi Mitchell says long hair is considered sacred for Native American men.

Mayor Jean Stothert will create the advisory board by executive order. Police Chief Todd Schmaderer is organizing training on Native American culture sensitivity.

Schmaderer recommends two of the officers involved in Bearheels’ death be fired.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Police say a missing 14-year-old Beatrice girl is back home and a 24-year-old North Dakota man has been charged with kidnapping.

The girl was reported missing Monday and investigators determined she had been enticed to leave by Nichollas Johnson, whom she had met in an online gaming site.

Police and FBI agents found the girl Wednesday night in Fargo, North Dakota. Police say Johnson was arrested at a separate location in Fargo. He’s charged with kidnapping in a Nebraska arrest warrant. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

Johnson is being held in North Dakota awaiting extradition to Nebraska. It was not clear Thursday whether he had an attorney.