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Nebraska authorities capture man wanted in Tennessee

Furnas-CountyBEAVER CITY, Neb. (AP) — A man being held in a south-central Nebraska jail cell is awaiting a Jan. 30 hearing on returning him to face charges in Tennessee.

Furnas County Sheriff Kurt Kapperman said Thursday that 55-year-old Michael Parsons was arrested without incident Jan. 12 at the Arapahoe Airport. Kapperman says the FBI, working with Tennessee authorities, had tracked Parsons’ cellphone to the area.

Kapperman says investigators think bad weather forced Parsons to land a single-engine plane there two days earlier. Kapperman says Parsons hasn’t been forthcoming about where he was headed.

An arrest warrant says Parsons is wanted in Tipton County, Tennessee, on charges of failure to appear and possession of a weapon by a felon. Kapperman says Parsons was unarmed when taken into custody.

It’s unclear whether Kapperman has an attorney.

Woman accused in homicide case will stand trial

ne-supreme-court-gavelOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa woman charged with first-degree murder in the death of someone who allegedly dated the same man as her will go to trial.

A judge bound 41-year-old Shanna Golyar over to district court Wednesday for the 2012 disappearance-turned-homicide case of 37-year-old Cari Farver. Golyar was arrested in December of 2016 in connection to Farver’s disappearance, who was last seen in Omaha.

Attorney for Golyar, James Davis, says there is no real evidence proving his client murdered Farver, citing police have no body or murder weapon.

Officials testified Golyar posed as Farver online and by phone for years after the disappearance, and also posed as other people confessing their murder of Farver. A sergeant testified Farver had been dating Golyar’s ex-boyfriend for some weeks.

The prosecution and Farver’s family declined to comment after the hearing.

Dismissal of suit by man wrongly held in psych ward upheld

lawsuit-settlementOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a Florida man against doctors at Nebraska’s psychiatric hospital, where he was held for 20 years on a misdiagnosis.

John Montin sued after being released from the Lincoln Regional Center in 2013, where he had been held since 1993 after being found not guilty by reason of insanity of false imprisonment and weapon use. Police had said Montin was delusional when he walked up to a house, declared it belonged to his ancestors and that he was taking it back.

Psychiatrists wrongly relied on that police report for nearly 20 years before determining he had been only temporarily psychotic.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday that Montin’s malpractice claim was improperly filed in federal court.

Police ID 1 killed, 1 injured in Omaha crash

fatal-crashOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have identified a person killed and another injured in a southwest Omaha collision.

Investigators say the crash occurred a little before 6:40 a.m. Thursday when an eastbound sedan ran a red light and was hit by a southbound pickup. A passenger in the car, 34-year-old Katrina Olson of Gretna, died at the scene. The driver of the car, 40-year-old Mitzi McCoy of Omaha, was critically injured in the crash and taken to an Omaha hospital with head injury, broken leg, pelvis and ribs and many other injuries. Investigators say neither woman was wearing a seat belt.

Police say the driver of the truck, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered only soreness and refused medical treatment.

Deputies: Nebraska man dead in shootout with family

sarpy-co.-sheriffSPRINGFIELD, Neb. (AP) — Sarpy County Sheriff’s officials say a man has died in a shootout with his nephew after the man threatened family members with a gun.

Officials say they were called to a home near Springfield, just southwest of Omaha, and found 56-year-old Jeff Hayes dead outside. Three other people — Hayes’ 52-year-old brother, 25-year-old niece and 22-year-old nephew — say Hayes was living in a trailer on the property and got into an argument with them Wednesday. They say Hayes pulled a handgun, firing several rounds at the other family members, but missing.

Investigators say the nephew ran, retrieved another handgun and shot at his uncle once. Hayes then turned at fired at the nephew, who returned fire and killed Hayes.

Officials will determine whether to file charges.

Real estate agent charged in Omaha pickup slaying

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Dirk Blume

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man suspected of using his pickup to fatally run down an Omaha convenience store clerk earlier this month.

Police arrested 45-year-old Dirk Blume Tuesday at the Omaha real estate office where he worked. He was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and a weapons count for the Jan. 7 attack that killed 40-year-old Seth Hansen. A bond hearing for Blume has been set for Friday.

Police say Blume’s pickup was seen on surveillance video taken outside the store where Hansen was run over and killed while he took a trash bag to a dumpster in the store’s parking lot after the store had closed.

Blume remained jailed Thursday and could not be reached for comment. Online records didn’t list an attorney for Blume.

Man arrested in Omaha parking lot pickup slaying

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of using his pickup to fatally injure a man at an Omaha convenience store parking lot.

Police say the 45-year-old man was arrested Tuesday at an Omaha real estate office and booked into Douglas County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and use of a weapon. Online court records don’t show that he’s been formally charged yet.

Police say the pickup was seen on surveillance video taken outside the store where 40-year-old Seth Hansen was run over and killed early on Jan. 7. Hansen worked at the store.

It’s not yet clear whether the two men knew each other. Police have not publicly released any information about possible motives.

Nebraska authorities not sure driver knew his car hit person

car-pedestrian-accidentLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have talked to a man whose vehicle fatally struck an Iowa woman in southeast Nebraska.

Nineteen-year-old Merzedes Hart, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was killed late Friday night as she crossed U.S. Highway 6 northeast of Lincoln. The vehicle that hit her continued on.

The driver hasn’t been arrested, though. Capt. Ben Houchin of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says investigators aren’t certain the driver knew that he’d struck a human being. He’s reported that he thought he struck a deer.

Hart was a student at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and was on the track team.

Man dies, 8 more people treated for carbon monoxide in Grand Island

carbon-monoxideGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A man has died and eight other people — including firefighters and a police officer — have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in Grand Island.

Firefighters were sent to a home Tuesday on a medical call. They found the man and a woman in the basement. Authorities say the two were taken to a local hospital, where the man was pronounced dead. An autopsy has been ordered. The woman’s condition hasn’t been released.

The two people’s names haven’t been released.

Carbon monoxide monitors warned firefighters and the police officer of their exposure, so they were treated at the hospital as well. They were discharged after three hours of treatment.

Fire officials blamed the carbon monoxide buildup on unvented gas-powered space heaters.

Company plans $50M expansion at Fairmont ethanol plant

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FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) — Flint Hills Resources has announced a planned $50 million expansion at its Fairmont ethanol plant.

The company will spend the money to produce a high-protein animal and fish feed ingredient from a portion of the plant’s distiller grains.

The technology, called maximized stillage co-products, was developed specifically for the dry mill ethanol industry.

Flint Hills says its Fairmont plant will be just the fourth in the world to use the technology.

It says the project will require the addition of a new building and two protein dryers. Its construction, set to be completed in the spring of 2018, is expected to create about 120 jobs.

The Fairmont plant produces 120 million gallons of ethanol and 310,000 tons of distillers grain a year.

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