OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been charged with vehicular homicide for the crash death of a motorcyclist in Omaha.

The Douglas County attorney’s office says Nicholas Colabello’s first court hearing is scheduled for Tuesday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment for Colabello, who lives in Papillion (puh-PIHL’-yuhn).

Police say the collision happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Investigators say a westbound car driven by Colabello turned left in front of a motorcycle operated by 31-year-old Dustin Roof, of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Police say Roof was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The county attorney’s office says Colabello’s blood tested out above the legal limit for alcohol.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 22-year-old man had died after jumping off a rope swing into a private lake south of Fremont.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were dispatched around 2:45 a.m. Saturday to Emerson Estates. They found 22-year-old Harrison Harner on the lake bank. They performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead later at Fremont Health Medical Center.

Investigators say friends of Harner reported that he began struggling for air after he jumped off the rope swing into the water. They pulled him to shore.

Autopsy results are expected in a few weeks.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police officials say the department will step up its event security and officer training in the wake of deadly attacks on officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says security will be strengthened for the public’s safety at major events, such as the minute of silence ceremony this Sept. 11.

All Omaha officers will also soon receive additional daylong active-shooter training. The new training will cover some of the tactics that have been used in recent attacks, particularly the sniper in Dallas and the truck attack in Nice, France.

Schmaderer says he commends the Omaha community and his department for working to cultivate a positive relationship that has helped curtail crime and violence.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Boys playing in a garage are being blamed for a fire that spread to two houses in Lincoln.

Firefighters were dispatched to the homes just after 5 p.m. Monday. Fire investigator Mike Wright says boys 7, 8 and 11 were playing when one knocked over a gas can, spilling gas onto the floor. One of the boys then struck a piece of flint, igniting the flames.

The fire damage to the garage and two houses was estimated at about $250,000. None of the boys or occupants of the houses was injured.

One firefighter was sent to a hospital to be checked out for exertion during the day’s heat.

VERDIGRE, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old man has been killed in northeast Nebraska’s Knox County.

The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. Saturday on a rural road about four miles northeast of Ashfall Fossil Beds. The Nebraska State Patrol says Dana Ziegenbein, of Pierce, lost control of the truck he was driving. It struck a bridge, ran off the roadway and rolled, pinning Ziegenbein beneath it when it came to rest.

A traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Seward County led to the seizure of 198.4 lbs. of marijuana and one arrest.

Just after3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 16, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2003 Ford F350 utility truck for speeding, failure to signal and following too close. The trooper was given consent to search the vehicle. The search led to the seizure of 198.4 lbs. of marijuana. The marijuana contained in 77 individual packages was located in both side compartments of the utility truck.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, Jonathan C. Snyder, (M), 44, of Jacksonville, Fla., was lodged in the Seward County Jail on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a motorcyclist from Iowa is dead and the Nebraska driver of a car that collided with him has been arrested.

Police say the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at 60th and Center streets in a south part of Omaha. Investigators say a westbound car caused the collision when it turned left in front of a motorcycle operated by 31-year-old Dustin Roof, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Police say Roof was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say a 27-year-old Papillion man who was driving the car was arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide.

Investigators believe alcohol consumption was a factor in the crash.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say all Elkhorn River access parks in eastern Nebraska have reopened.

The parks have been closed due to high water in the river, causing potentially hazardous boating conditions.

The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resource District says in a news release that reopened access sites include Elkhorn Crossing near 252nd Street and Bennington Road; Graske Crossing, off West Dodge Road; and the West Maple Road site.

Recreationists are reminded that Coast Guard-approved personal floatation devices must be worn or present on all boats in the river. That includes canoes, kayaks and even inflatable inner tubes.

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — An Aurora man accused of trying to hire someone to kill his wife will stand trial this fall.

The Grand Island Independent reports (http://bit.ly/29ZegEx ) that 38-year-old Robert Honken was arraigned Friday in Hamilton County District Court on two charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. He stood mute during the hearing, and a not guilty plea was entered for him.

Police say Honken hired a man earlier this year to kill his wife, but that the man backed out. Police say Honken then tried to hire another hit man, who turned out to be an undercover officer.

Honken’s jury trial is set to begin Nov. 14.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two men and seized 7.5 pounds of methamphetamine found in their car after a traffic stop on the west side of Lincoln.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy pulled over the car around 9:30 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 80. The deputy reported that he grew suspicious and asked for permission to search the car. The driver consented, and deputies later found the meth in 10 packages hidden inside the liner of a cooler in the car trunk.

The men were arrested on suspicion of possession for sale. Court records don’t show that they’ve been formally charged yet.