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2 Nebraska murder suspects arrested at Missouri Walmart

TROY, Mo. (AP) — Two suspects in a Nebraska murder case are in custody in Missouri after being arrested at a Walmart store.

Police in Troy, Missouri, say 29-year-old Raymond Davis of Des Moines, Iowa, and 20-year-old Krystal Martin of Hawk Point, Missouri, are jailed without bond, awaiting extradition to Nebraska.

Davis and Martin were arrested on June 30, but the arrests weren’t disclosed until Tuesday.

Troy police say in a news release that they were contacted by Bellevue, Nebraska, police on June 30. The Bellevue department had been tracking Davis’ movements and believed he was at or near the Walmart store in Troy.

Officers arrested Davis and Martin as they left the store.

Police have not disclosed details of the killing. Authorities in Bellevue did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

2 Iowans arrested after drugs found in Nebraska traffic stop

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Law enforcement officials near Omaha have seized about 20 pounds of marijuana, cocaine and hash from a car heading to Iowa.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says deputies discovered the drugs in a car they tried to pull over early Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 in Omaha. Deputies say the car left the interstate and stopped in a parking lot in eastern Omaha.

The deputies searched the car after detecting the smell of marijuana coming from it.

Officials say they found 14 pounds of marijuana in numerous heat-sealed bags inside a black trash bag, nearly five pounds of cocaine and 23 containers of hash.

The driver and a passenger, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were arrested. Officials say they were driving from Colorado to Iowa.

Sex offender gets 15 years for distribution of child porn

Lawrence Quignon

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A convicted sex offender in Omaha has been imprisoned for distributing child pornography.

51-year-old Lawrence Quignon was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Omaha to 15 years. He must serve 10 years of supervised release after he leaves prison. He’d pleaded guilty.

Prosecutors say Quignon admitted uploading images of child pornography onto an online chat service.

Quignon was previously convicted of sexual assault of a minor in Adams County in 1999. He is required by state law to register as a sexual offender for life.

Omaha firefighters using new hazmat testing device

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha firefighters have deployed a new, high-tech device to test potentially dangerous substances.

Several firefighters suited up in their hazardous materials gear Wednesday for a training exercise with the department’s new safety tool. Federal grant money paid for the $46,000 mass spectrometer, which can identify 30,000 different substances.

The device identified the hazmat training substance in just seconds: baby powder.

Fire Capt. Nick Gangwish says the device will let authorities more quickly determine whether a suspicious substance poses a danger and whether public access can be resumed at some incident scene.

Man dies after utility vehicle collides with semitrailer

PROSSER, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man driving a utility vehicle died after it collided with a semitrailer in south-central Nebraska.

The accident was reported around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, about a mile (2 kilometers) southwest of Prosser in northwest Adams County.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Alexander Williams was trying to cross a rural road when his vehicle and the truck collided. Williams died after being flown to a Kearney hospital. He lived in Prosser.

Authorities say the truck driver wasn’t injured. He’s been identified as 20-year-old Ethan Woerner, of Burr Oak, Kansas.

Man dies in north-central Nebraska motorcycle crash

BASSETT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man died after losing control of his motorcycle in north-central Nebraska.

The accident occurred around 2:25 p.m. Sunday on Nebraska Highway 7, a little less than 11 miles (18 kilometers) north of Bassett. Rock County Sheriff James Anderson says 43-year-old Erich Bussinger was headed north when his motorcycle ran off the pavement and crashed. He was pronounced at the scene.

Anderson says Bussinger lived in Bassett.

Police release names of south Omaha shooting victims

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have released the names of a man who was fatally shot and another wounded in south Omaha.

An Omaha Police Department news release says two police officers working off-duty at the Guaca Maya restaurant heard gunshots just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday. They found the two victims just north of the restaurant.

Both were taken to Nebraska Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead. He’s been identified as 23-year-old Franco Gonzalez-Mendez. The wounded man was identified as 22-year-old Edgar Gonzalez-Mendez. Police spokesman Michael Pecha (PEH’-kuh) couldn’t confirm whether the two are related.

No arrests have been reported.

Tests ordered for Iowa man accused in Nebraska man’s death

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ordered mental competency tests for an Iowa resident accused of helping to kill a Nebraska man in Sioux City.

Woodbury County District Court records say the tests were ordered last week for 30-year-old Daniel Levering. He’s pleaded not guilty to the July 23 slaying of 36-year-old Vincent Walker, who lived in Winnebago, Nebraska.

Police say three people including Levering assaulted Walker while he was washing his car in Sioux City. Authorities have not reported the arrests of the two other people. Levering had been scheduled to begin trial Tuesday.

The judge said in his order that if the evaluation finds that Levering is not mentally competent for trial, the state must provide treatment if it’s believed Levering’s competency can be restored.

Man dies after utility vehicle crashes in southeast Nebraska

HEBRON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man checking cattle died after his utility vehicle overturned in southeast Nebraska.

Thayer County Sheriff David Lee says 37-year-old Clayton Hergott was ejected and then trapped beneath the UTV after it went out of control Saturday about 1½ miles (3 kilometers) east of Hebron. Hergott was pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff says one of the UTV’s tires may have blown and caused the wreck.

Pathologist says man died of natural causes after fight

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A pathologist says a 72-year-old Hastings man died of natural causes — a heart attack — after a physical altercation.

Authorities say Stephen Cash died at a Hastings hospital July 10. He’d been taken there after being stricken following a fight with another man over ownership of a bicycle. Toxicology test results are still pending.

Police arrested the other man on suspicion of assault by mutual consent. Online court records don’t yet show that he’s been formally charged.

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