LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservation officers, state troopers and sheriff’s deputies will be out this summer in Nebraska’s recreational areas in an effort to crack down on alcohol-related accidents.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says officers will be out in state parks and managed areas in Lancaster County from June through August.

The special patrols, mostly on weekends, will focus on Branched Oak, Pawnee, Bluestem, Wagon Train and Stagecoach state recreational areas and Wildwood Wildlife Management Area.

Visitors to those areas are reminded that alcohol consumption on park and wildlife areas is prohibited on all roadways, designated swimming areas and parking areas.

A $10,800 grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety is helping fund the special enforcement effort.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A driver could be facing a $10,000 bill after he plowed into newly poured concrete in Lincoln, Nebraska, and became stuck.

The accident occurred Wednesday on a portion of a road repair project in the state capital. Police spokeswoman Angela Sands said Friday that police won’t cite the driver, 19-year-old Shadrach Yasiah. A police incident report says it wasn’t obvious that the concrete wasn’t dry and that Yasiah drove into it through a 24-foot (7-meter) gap between traffic control cones.

Attempts by The Associated Press to contact Yasiah were not successful.

City engineer Thomas Shafer says the driver is responsible for the repairs. He says the contactor estimated it will cost more than $10,000 to pay for removing the car, scraping out the ruined slurry, repouring more and finishing it.

SOUTH BEND, Neb. (AP) — State officials have announced that a popular pedestrian bridge that spans the Platte River in southeast Nebraska will close for repairs at the end of this month.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the Lied Platte River Bridge at South Bend will close May 31 for pavement and abutment repairs.

Construction is expected to last about a month.

Officials say there will still be limited access to the Cass County side. The Lied Platte River Bridge was initially used by the Rock Island Railroad. After the railroad abandoned the bridge, it was converted for use by pedestrians and bicyclists. It is part of a trail system that connects Lincoln and Omaha.

WOOD RIVER, Neb. (AP) — Officials say sheriff’s deputies checking on a dump truck stopped on railroads tracks in central Nebraska found the driver dead inside the cab.

The discovery was made about 6:25 a.m. Friday. Officials say 64-year-old Gary Rouse, of Gibbon, died of a medical condition while driving a Mack dump truck in Wood River.

Investigators say Rouse was eastbound on Highway 30 when he had a medical issue that caused him to leave the roadway and come to rest on the railroad tracks.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other vehicles were involved.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 43-year-old Lincoln man has been jailed after authorities say he fled a traffic stop with a Lincoln police officer in his car.

Lepreece Wilkinson was stopped Thursday morning on suspicion of running a red light. Officer Briana Gaston says in court records that she could smell marijuana and air freshener as she approached Wilkinson’s car and called for backup.

Gaston says during the stop, Wilkinson got back in his car. When she reached in to turn his car off, he hit the gas and drove for “about 100 feet with me on his lap.”

The car hit a curb, knocking Gaston out of the car and injuring her. Police say Gaston ran but was soon captured.

He’s charged with assaulting an officer and a drug count. His public defender could not be reached for comment Saturday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a fourth suspect charged in a warrant for a north Omaha shooting death has been found and arrested.

Omaha police say in a news release that 49-year-old Melton Felder was found and booked into an Omaha jail Friday night. He was wanted in the death Wednesday of 21-year-old Brandon White. Felder has been charged with first-degree murder in the case.

He joins three others already charged. A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old have been booked into Douglas County Youth Center on suspicion of first-degree murder. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

Police say 18-year-old Allana Smith surrendered Friday. Court records say she’s charged with first-degree murder, robbery and use of a weapon to commit a felony. The records don’t list an attorney for her.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A county sheriff in the Nebraska Panhandle says spoils taken from out-of-state drug dealers will help his office and other area law enforcement agencies crack down further on illegal drugs.

Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jenson said three vehicles seized from out-of-state drug traffickers will be used in future drug investigations.

Jenson says his office and the Cheyenne County Attorney’s Office have completed forfeiture orders on three of five vehicles used in a car-hauling operation that was a front for carrying marijuana and hashish.

Two of the seized vehicles will be used by the Western Nebraska Intelligence & Narcotics Group drug task force. The third, a large SUV, will be used by his office in Sidney for administrative purposes.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have charged a fourth suspect in a warrant for a north Omaha shooting death carried out earlier this week.

In a news release Friday, Omaha police said they are seeking 49-year-old Melton Felder for what they say was his role in the death Wednesday of 21-year-old Brandon White. Felder is charged with first-degree murder in an arrest warrant.

He joins three others already charged in the shooting death. A 15-year-old and a 16-year-old have been booked into Douglas County Youth Center on suspicion of first-degree murder. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

Police say 18-year-old Allana Smith surrendered Friday. Court records say she’s charged with first-degree murder, robbery and use of a weapon to commit a felony. The records don’t list an attorney for her.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have identified the body of a man pulled from a downtown Omaha lagoon.

Police say 31-year-old Hector Castaneda-Vasquez died in the lagoon, named ConAgra Lake, in Heartland of America Park.

Sonar operated from a rescue boat found Castaneda-Vasquez’s body Thursday morning. Long poles were used to bring the body to the surface. A 911 caller reported around 10 p.m. Wednesday that a man was crying for help from the lagoon. A subsequent search was called off after about three hours and resumed Thursday.

The lagoon is up to 19 feet deep in some places.

Officials reminded the public that swimming in the lagoon, which features a large fountain, is not allowed.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested and charged in a fatal north Omaha shooting earlier this year.

Omaha police say in a written release that 20-year-old Malcolm Ward, of Omaha, was arrested Wednesday. Online court records show he was charged Thursday with first-degree murder and two weapons counts in shooting of 29-year-old Brandon Mutum. Ward’s public defender did not immediately return a message Friday seeking comment.

Police say officers were sent to a north Omaha home a little after 3 a.m. on April 20 for a reported shooting and found Mutum wounded. He was taken to Nebraska Medical Center, where he died.

Officials say Mutum had been shot several times.