COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former Nebraska jail employee convicted in western Iowa of child sex and pornography counts has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Shawn Beu was sentenced Wednesday in a Council Bluffs courtroom.

The 37-year-old Beu was convicted in October of 10 counts of sexual abuse and video recording of young girls.

Prosecutors say videos of Beu sexually abusing a young girl and of young girls taken on a hidden camera in Beu’s bathroom were found in his home.

Beu, who lives in Council Bluffs, was a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha when he was arrested in March.

Beu has said he plans to appeal his convictions.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 46-year-old Omaha schoolteacher has been accused of sexual contact with a child.

Police say Daryl Clark faces a single count of sexual assault of a child. Douglas County Jail records say Clark remained in custody Wednesday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be comment for him.

Omaha Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Farmer says Clark was arrested at Monroe Middle School around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Farmer says Clark has been placed on administrative leave. She also says the arrest was not related to Monroe or any school-related activities.

Police say Clark coaches girls softball in Papillion and Bellevue.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old man who shot into a Lincoln residence and killed someone inside has been sent to prison for 70 years to life.

Brandon Benson was sentenced Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court. He’d pleaded guilty second-degree murder and a weapons charge after making a deal with prosecutors, who lowered the murder charge and dropped several other weapons counts.

He was charged in connection with a November 2015 robbery attempt of people trying to buy marijuana. Authorities say Benson later went back to the house where the robbery attempt failed and fired several handgun rounds, killing 19-year-old Richard Randall Jr., of Plattsmouth. Police say Randall had arrived at the house after the botched robbery. A Bellevue man, Angok Wal, was wounded.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha resident who lost a lawsuit over the golf putting green, pool, fire cauldrons and other outdoor amenities he added to his suburban property, has refused to abide by a court order to remove some of the elements in his sports wonderland.

The Fire Ridge homeowners association sued Eric Marsh four years ago, claiming his development strayed from approved plans. A judge ruled in favor of Fire Ridge last year and ordered Marsh to remove some items, including tee boxes and flagpoles.

Marsh appealed the case to the Nebraska Supreme Court, but the high court also ruled in favor of Fire Ridge. Marsh is to appear in court in December to explain why he hasn’t complied with the court order.

Marsh says he will continue to fight the case.

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — An Aurora man has been convicted of twice trying to hire someone to kill his wife.

In a ruling released Tuesday on his nonjury trial earlier this month, 38-year-old Robert Honken was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

Honken faces up to 50 years in prison on each count. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20.

Authorities say Honken paid Derrick Shirley to kill Honken’s wife. They say Shirley did surveillance around the woman’s Hamilton County home but never tried to kill her. Authorities say Honken also tried to hire another person, but that man turned out to be an undercover officer.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man accused of assaulting an Uber driver now faces a felony hate crime charge in the case.

30-year-old James Danahay was charged Monday with third-degree assault committed as a hate crime.

Police say an Uber driver with an Arabic name picked up Danahay just before midnight on Oct. 3. Police say Danahay began asking the driver questions about his family and ethnicity. When the driver declined to answer, police say, Danahay began yelling racial insults and calling the driver an “illegal alien.” Police say Danahay punched the driver when he pulled over and called 911.

If convicted, Danahay faces up to two years in prison. His next court hearing is Dec. 20.

A working phone number for Danahay could not be found Tuesday.

PANORA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Nebraska toddler found floating in a bathtub has died in an Iowa hospital.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office says medics were called to a rented condo at Clover Ridge Resort at Lake Panorama on Wednesday. Authorities say the 21-month-old had been placed in the tub with her 4-year-old sibling, who was not harmed.

The Sheriff’s Office says the younger child was flown to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, where she died on Thanksgiving Day.

She’s been identified as Sawyer Madsen, who lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her parents, Elena and Joshua Madsen.

The incident is being investigated. An autopsy was ordered.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — The mother of a girl injured in a 2014 sledding accident at a Nebraska school will get a $500,000 lump-sum payment as part of a settlement with the school district’s insurance company.

Valarie Potter was 14 when she was injured at what used to be known as La Vista Junior High School. She and a friend slid down a hill together and hit a chain-link fence. A lawsuit filed by Valarie’s mother says Valarie’s legs were fractured and an artery in her left knee was torn.

The lawsuit says Papillion-La Vista Community Schools failed to post a sign or otherwise warn people of the danger, despite knowing that people often struck the fence while sledding.

District spokeswoman Annette Eyman says insurance company officials decided to settle the case.