GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Grand Island man has pleaded no contest to a drunken driving charge in connection with an incident in which a passenger fell out of his door-less Jeep, breaking his neck.

28-year-old Tyler Dalland pleaded no contest on Wednesday to second-offense driving under the influence. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a felony charge of DUI causing serious bodily injury.

Authorities say Dalland was driving the night of Sept. 8 when his passenger, 55-year-old Donald Fillinger, fell out of the passenger side of the vehicle. Fillinger suffered a broken neck and dislocated shoulder.

Dalland is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 30.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Bellevue police are searching for a man accused of assaulting his girlfriend before injuring himself with a chainsaw, then fleeing the hospital where he was being treated.

Police were called Tuesday to a Bellevue home for reports of a woman being assaulted.

When police entered the home, they found the woman upstairs and a bloody 24-year-old Michael Nordmeyer in the basement holding a running chainsaw.

Nordmeyer was taken to an Omaha hospital with significant injuries from the chainsaw. But on Wednesday morning, hospital staff informed police that Nordmeyer had left the hospital against medical advice with the help of the woman he’s accused of assaulting.

Police are now searching for Nordmeyer, who has a warrant out for his arrest on a parole violation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 30-year-old Iowa man has died more than a week after rescue crews found his crashed truck in eastern Nebraska.

William “Willie” Anderson, of Grimes, Iowa, died Monday at an Omaha hospital from injuries he received in a crash earlier this month.

Rescue workers found the married father of two inside pickup that was on its side in a field along a Washington County road just after midnight on Dec. 7.

An investigation showed the truck went off the road, down an embankment and hit a power pole before rolling. Sheriff Kevin Willis says the pickup’s engine and exhaust were cold to the touch, leading authorities to believe it had been in the field some time before being discovered.

FIRTH, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine what caused an explosion that leveled a rural southeast Nebraska home.

The explosion happened Wednesday afternoon near Firth, blasting debris up to 200 feet from the brick home.

Authorities say no one was inside the home at the time and no injuries were reported from the explosion.

A resident said four people lived in the home and that a man who lived there was working in a detached shop at the time of the explosion.

Firefighters from Firth, Cortland and Adams spent around an hour getting the fire that followed the explosion under control.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 43-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for taking a teenage girl from her suburban Omaha home to his Oklahoma home for sex.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Nebraska said Wednesday that Dennis Lewis was sentenced for his conviction of transporting a minor for sex.

An investigator said in a court affidavit that Lewis asked the 14-year-old Bellevue girl for sex via text messages, persuaded her to send him nude pictures of herself and sent her pictures of his genitals. Prosecutors say Lewis picked up the girl from her Bellevue home on April 10. Police in Tulsa found Lewis and the girl at his home.

PONCA, Neb. (AP) — A northeast Nebraska man has been sentenced to two years’ probation for an ATV wreck that killed his wife.

37-year-old Clinton Brown, of Newcastle, had earlier pleaded no contest in Dixon County Court to one count of willful reckless driving.

He was also sentenced Tuesday to 200 hours of community service with agencies dealing with drunken driving issues or traffic deaths. His driver’s license also was suspended for 30 days.

Authorities say Brown was driving the ATV on June 8, 2012, that crashed on a county road between Ponca and Newcastle, killing his wife, 34-year-old Melissa Brown, who was riding on the ATV.

Sheriff Dean Chase said Brown told investigators he was speeding and that a vehicle ran him off the gravel road.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Lottery officials are waiting for the winner of a $1 million Mega Millions ticket bought in eastern Nebraska’s Columbus to come forward.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold at the Corner Stop convenience matched all five white ball numbers, but missed the Mega Ball number of 7 that would have meant a share of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Two tickets sold in California and Georgia matched all six numbers to split the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

Corner Stop owner Jed Brunken says the $1 million prize is the largest amount any lottery ticket sold at his store.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 57-year-old Grand Island man has been found guilty of receiving and distributing child pornography following a three-day trial in Lincoln’s federal court.

U.S. Attorney for Nebraska Deborah Gilg says James Haugh faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine when he’s sentenced.

Federal prosecutors say Haugh received and distributed videos of child pornography on different occasions from Jan. 3, 2009, to Dec. 28, 2012.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a 57-year-old man is facing charges after returning to a convenience store he is suspected of robbing to buy something.

Police say the robbery of a Kum and Go in north-central Omaha was reported shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday. Witnesses say a man entered the store and demanded money.

A few hours later that same man returned to the store and made a purchase. Police say a store employee followed the man to his home when he left and called police.

Officers arrested Laverne Brightman on suspicion of robbery.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Barack Obama has pardoned an Omaha resident who was sentenced to probation and home confinement for a drug conviction in 1996.

The White House said Thursday that Chris Deann Switzer was one of 21 people who received clemency.

Switzer was sentenced to four years of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service after being convicted of conspiracy to violate narcotics laws. Switzer also was required to undergo drug and alcohol treatment.

Obama pardoned 13 people for various crimes. He commuted the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh sentences for drug crimes.

The prisoners with commuted sentences were sentenced under a system that treated convictions for crack cocaine offenses harsher than powder cocaine.