LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 21-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for a sexual relationship he had with a teenage girl when he was 19.

Brandon Diequez pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree sexual assault.

The girl’s mother went to police in December 2014 to report that her daughter was pregnant with Diequez’s child.

The girl, then 15, told investigators she had several sexual encounters with Diequez beginning in July 2014.

Diequez told police he waited until after she turned 16 that August.

Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret sentenced him Wednesday. He also will have to register as a sex offender.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say one man is dead after officers say they shot their way into a burning apartment to get to the victim and his attacker.

48-year-old Steven Edwards died at Creighton University Medical Center hours after being pulled from the burning apartment.

Witnesses reported a stabbing and someone pouring gasoline on others at the apartment around 7:35 a.m. Friday. When police arrived, they could see flames, but the suspect had locked the door. When officers couldn’t break down the door, police say, one officer fired four shots at the lock on the door to get in.

Officers then used a stun gun on the suspect, 32-year-old Antone Page, who was flown to St. Elizabeth Regional Burn and Wound Center in Lincoln.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Sales tax issues will be voted upon in at least four communities in northeast Nebraska during the Tuesday primary.

Residents in Oakland, Albion, Meadow Grove and Leigh will vote on local sales tax increase proposals. The local tax would be collected in addition to the state’s 5.5 percent sales tax.

In Oakland, the proposal would raise the city’s sales tax a half-percent to 1.5 cents on every dollar to benefit streets, police and parks.

Albion voters will decide whether to continue collecting an existing half-cent tax for a swimming pool and property tax relief.

Meadow Grove and Leigh are seeking a 1.5 percent sales tax to be used for community improvements.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 11-year-old Nebraska girl has been hospitalized after a witness says her hair got caught in a spinning Cinco de Mayo carnival ride and she suffered a head injury.

Police say she was taken to Nebraska Medicine after the accident Saturday afternoon although her injuries are not life threatening.

A witness told Omaha television station WOWT that the girl’s hair got caught in a spinning ride called King’s Clown.

Police say the girl was not thrown from the ride.

WOWT reports that other children in her compartment began screaming for help, and the ride was stopped.

The ride was shut down Saturday, but other rides at the carnival continued to operate.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two suspects wanted in connection to a fatal shooting of two men outside a motorcycle club in northeast Omaha, Nebraska, have been arrested in Missouri.

Bryana Larimer with the Columbia Police Department said Friday that 36-year-old Phillip Osby, who faces second-degree murder and weapons charges, and 39-year-old Zabrina Dunn-Osby, who was wanted on a terroristic threats charge, were arrested.

The two suspects are accused of being involved in the April 16 shooting deaths of 47-year-old Allen McReynolds and 52-year-old Victor Beatty.

The suspects have been transported to the Boone County Jail, where they will await extradition to Omaha. It was not immediately clear if the two have attorneys.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a man convicted of killing an Omaha jewelry store owner during a botched robbery.

Milton Dortch Jr. was convicted last August of first-degree felony murder. The judge cited its occurrence during the crime of attempted robbery. Prosecutors say Dortch tried to rob James Minshall Sr.’s store in September 2014. Dortch says he shot Minshall only because he saw Minshall try to get a gun. Dortch said he never planned to shoot anyone.

He said in his appeal there wasn’t enough evidence for conviction and that he abandoned his robbery plan before shooting Minshall, so the killing did not occur during a robbery.

The Supreme Court said Friday the evidence proved the slaying occurred during another crime, attempted robbery, thus constituting murder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities say two men have been hospitalized for burns after a police officer fired his handgun and another fired his stun gun after breaking into a blazing apartment.

Officers and firefighters were dispatched around 7:35 a.m. Friday after someone reported a stabbing and that someone had poured gasoline on someone else. Police say the officers broke down an apartment door to get inside and that the shootings soon followed. Both men were sent to Creighton University Medical Center and then to a Lincoln burn center. Another person was treated for minor injuries.

Police officials say in a news release they’re uncertain whether the men were struck by either a bullet or the stun gun dart. No officers were injured. It’s unclear so far why the officers used their weapons.

WILBER, Neb. (AP) — A former Saline County Court assistant clerk accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the office has pleaded guilty.

42-year-old Jodi Rezabek pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony theft and attempted forgery. The Nebraska State Auditor’s office says that when confronted with a $15,500 discrepancy in the county court’s financial books, Rezabek admitted that she had taken the money to pay a contractor who did work at her home and that she altered court bank statements to conceal the discrepancy.

An audit also said that Rezabek had drawn a cashier’s check for over $62,000 from the account in May 2015 and then deposited it a month later. She was also accused of taking over $1,000 in cash-on-hand.

Court records say Rezabek has already paid restitution. She faces up to 10 years in prison.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A July trial has been scheduled for a man accused of abusing a patient while working at the Beatrice State Developmental Center.

37-year-old Shawn Ebeling pleaded not guilty Thursday in Gage County District Court. His trial is set to begin July 26.

Court documents say another employee of center reported that Ebeling punched a patient who’d tried to bite Ebeling on Aug. 24 and then manhandled the patient until the patient’s face struck the handle of a fuse box.

Ebeling told investigators he got upset when the resident tried to bite him and he pushed “a little too hard” and the resident’s head struck the fuse box handle.

The facility houses and treats disabled residents.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say heat from a light bulb caused a fire that fatally injured two people in southeast Omaha.

The March 9 fire killed 21-year-old Bibiano Pacheco-Perez and 24-year-old Brenda Martinez-Palma. Authorities say at least 11 people were living in the home, but no other injuries were reported.

Fire officials say the light bulb touched off flames in combustibles that were placed too close to the bulb.