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Bellevue man gets prison in sex assault on group home resident

Adrian Galbreath
Adrian Galbreath

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A Bellevue man convicted in the sexual assault of a group home resident has been given 10 to 21 years in prison.

Court records say 39-year-old Adrian Galbreath was sentenced Monday in Sarpy County District Court. He’d pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault and two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult. Prosecutors lowered the assault charge in exchange for Galbreath’s pleas.

The judge credited Galbreath with 396 days already served.

Court records say Galbreath worked at Hands of Heartland and had invited the group home resident to Galbreath’s Bellevue apartment on Sept. 23 last year. Authorities say Galbreath pushed down and began to assault the man after the man became intoxicated.

A Hands of Heartland official has said Galbreath is no longer an employee.

The Latest: DA: 6 dead in Chattanooga school bus crash

bus-accidentCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga (all times local):

The Latest: Bus driver arrested in fatal school bus crash
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga (all times local):

12:45 a.m.

Police say the driver of a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing six people, has been arrested.

Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher says 24-year-old Johnthony Walker has been charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.

Fletcher says additional charges may be added as the case proceeds to a grand jury.

The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Police say the students on the bus ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.

The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.

6:50 p.m.

The district attorney says six people are dead in an elementary school bus crash in Chattanooga.

Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston told media outlets that five people died at the scene and one died at the hospital. Melydia Clewell, spokeswoman for the district attorney, confirmed the number.

The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Police say the ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.

The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.

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6:10 p.m.

Chattanooga police are reporting multiple deaths in an elementary school bus crash.

In a news conference Monday, Assistant Chief Tracy Arnold said there were multiple fatalities but did not confirm the exact number. Police have said the bus crash sent 23 people to area hospitals and 35 schoolchildren were on the bus Monday afternoon.

The school bus was mangled around a tree at the scene. Arnold said the ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.

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5:50 p.m.

Chattanooga police say an elementary school bus crash has sent 23 people to area hospitals.

Police Chief Fred Fletcher said 35 schoolchildren were on the bus Monday afternoon. He did not have information about the extent of injuries and said rescue efforts were continuing.

Fletcher said at a news conference that the bus was the only vehicle involved in the crash. The students on board ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.

At the state Capitol in Nashville, Gov. Bill Haslam called the crash “a tragic event” and offered assistance.

Fletcher said police were interviewing the bus driver to determine what happened.

The bus was carrying students from Woodmore Elementary.

SUV crashes into Omaha airport terminal, injures 3 people

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three people were injured when a sport utility vehicle crashed into the terminal at Omaha’s airport.

The incident happened around 1:35 p.m. Monday at Eppley Airfield.

Omaha Airport Authority Police Chief Tim Conahan says the man driving the Jeep Grand Cherokee had just arrived on a flight from California.

Conahan says the man’s brother needed to use the restroom, so he asked the man to drive around the terminal and pick him up.

But the driver was startled when he shifted into reverse and then put the SUV in drive. The vehicle hit the driver’s brother and a woman getting into her car before smashing into a revolving door and window.

One person was in critical condition and the second person was in serious condition. The driver sustained minor injuries.

Driver dumped corn on highway after firing, authorities say

odd-newsBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a trucker dumped a load of corn on a southeast Nebraska highway after reading a text telling him he’d been fired.

Court records say 36-year-old Darren Walp, of Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania, is charged with felony criminal mischief and a related misdemeanor. The records don’t list the name of his attorney.

A court document says Walp was driving the load from Reynolds, Nebraska, to Hanover, Kansas, on Aug. 8 when he exchanged texts with his boss. The document says that soon after Walp read that he’d been dismissed, he stopped the truck on Nebraska Highway 8 near Odell, got out and opened the grain trailer’s bottom hatch doors.

The document says Walp then drove down the highway, spilling out nearly 1,000 bushels of corn — nearly $3,100 worth.

Woman killed, 2 others injured in western Iowa collision

police-lights-redMALVERN, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and two others were injured in a western Iowa collision.

The crash occurred around 4:50 p.m. Sunday, just north of Malvern on U.S. Highway 34. The Iowa State Patrol says a westbound car collided in the eastbound lane with an eastbound minivan.

The patrol says the minivan driver died in the crash. She was identified as 80-year-old Alice Campbell, of Hastings.

The car driver was identified as 55-year-old Patti Jipsen, of Elliott. Her passenger was identified as 53-year-old Barbara Irwin, of Charleston, Illinois. Both were flown to Omaha, Nebraska, hospitals for treatment.

The collision is being investigated.

Blown-over light started bank fire, Wahoo fire chief says

fireWAHOO, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a light that blew over started a fire that heavily damaged the Wahoo State Bank building in downtown Wahoo.

Firefighters from several communities helped Wahoo firefighters battle the blaze Friday. No injuries were reported.

Wahoo Fire Chief Mark Meyer says someone making roof repairs had left a halogen light burning, and it started the fire after it was blown over by the chill wind.

Neighboring businesses also were damage by smoke and water.

Police: Mom put infant’s hand in mug to prove coffee was hot

council-bluffs-policeCOUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Council Bluffs woman placed one of her 10-month-old son’s hands in a mug of coffee to prove to him that the coffee was hot.

Police say 36-year-old Rebecca Brahier is charged with willful injury and child endangerment. Jail records say she remained in custody Monday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for her.

Police say Brahier was arrested Saturday after Jennie Edmundson Hospital officials reported their suspicions about the little boy’s hand and forearm injuries. Investigators were told the child tried to touch Brahier’s hot coffee several times before she placed one of his hands in the mug.

The child was taken to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for further treatment.

Man accidentally shot girlfriend in leg, Omaha police say

accidental-shootingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man accidentally shot his pregnant girlfriend at an apartment in Omaha.

The shooting was reported around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Police say the man may have been trying to clean or unload the handgun when it went off.

The woman was hit in a leg and taken to Nebraska Medical Center.

 

Opponents say barring pot use in Denver businesses unwise

Colorado-MarijuanaDENVER (AP) — Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption say the ruling would overturn a law approved by voters and force people to sneak around while they use pot and consume alcohol.

The new rule announced Friday by the Liquor Enforcement Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue bars liquor-license holders from applying for a permit to allow pot-consumption.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says using alcohol and marijuana together increases impairment.

Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the national Marijuana Policy Project, says the measure approved by voters this month would allow servers to keep track of customers who drink and consume pot products instead of forcing them to go outside or hide behind closed doors.

Man charged in toddler’s death faces bail of $3 million

Jail-Bars-and-Cuffs_mediumPAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A 24-year-old man charged in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler has had his bail set at $3 million for a series of charges.

Armond Floyd is charged with child abuse resulting in the death of Imani Edwards, who would have turned 2 on Friday.

The girl was found unresponsive in a bathtub on Sunday while in Floyd’s care and died at a hospital Tuesday. Police have not detailed her injuries, but say they were intentionally inflicted by Floyd.

His bail on that charge was set Thursday at $2.5 million. On Friday, his bail on a separate charge of violating a no-contact order was set at $500,000.

At the time of the girl’s death, Floyd already faced domestic and child abuse charges for an earlier incident involving the child’s mother.

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