(AP) — Federal and local authorities have charged 18 suspected gang members for weapons and drug offenses.

Authorities say more than 50 officers executed search and arrest warrants on Thursday and have at least nine of the suspects in custody.

Authorities say the charges are a result of a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program that began its work in January.

The criminal histories of the 18 include more than 72 arrests, 15 felony convictions and 49 misdemeanor convictions.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says “career gang thugs with drugs and guns have terrorized Omaha far too long.”

(AP) — An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 1-year-old boy who had been reported missing from an apartment in south Lincoln.

Police say little Kharim Moreira was found safe a little after 11 a.m. Friday at a Target store about three miles east of downtown. He was with his uncle, 20-year-old Nathanial Gonzalez. Gonzalez was taken into custody, but no charges have been announced.

A tipster prompted police to check the store, where they found a vehicle matching the one that had been connected to the boy’s disappearance. An officer flattened the vehicle’s tires before other officers found the pair inside the store.

Sgt. Don Scheinost says “the child is safe and OK and probably being reunited with his mother as we speak.”

(AP) — Two former American soldiers and a German ex-soldier have been arrested in New York and charged with plotting to kill a U.S. drug enforcement agent.

The charges were announced Friday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.

The government says the plot was part of a conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. The defendants are charged with various counts of conspiracy.

Among those charged is Joseph Hunter, also known as “Rambo.”

According to an indictment, he served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 2004 before becoming a contract killer. The indictment in Manhattan says he had successfully arranged several killings.

It was not immediately clear who will represent the defendants at their initial court appearance.

(AP) — A 41-year-old man has been given 30 to 40 years in prison for stabbing his estranged girlfriend outside a Grand Island church.

Aslin Nabarro had pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree murder.  Nabarro was sentenced on Thursday. He said in court that he regretted what he did.

Nabarro was arrested after a May 17 assault in a parking lot of St. Mary’s Cathedral.

After an argument with a woman identified as Mirna Medina-Colocho, Nabarro stabbed her 20 times in the upper torso and head.

He then cut his own throat and fled but collapsed less than a block away.

(AP) — A 2-year-old boy has been found unhurt in a northeast Nebraska cornfield.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office says the boy was reported missing from his Walthill home around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Several volunteers and agency staffers joined in the search for him. A volunteer found the boy around 11 p.m. in a cornfield not far from the boy’s home.

He was soon returned to his family.

(AP) — A 30-year-old driver has died after a rollover crash in northeast Nebraska’s Boone County.

The crash occurred a little before 12:30 a.m. Thursday on Nebraska Highway 91, just west of Albion.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Shane Thome, of Albion, was driving east when he lost control of his vehicle. It rolled after entering a ditch, ejecting him.

The accident cause is being investigated.

(AP) — A 24-year-old former Hastings College soccer player is scheduled to be sentenced in November for killing a roommate in Omaha.

Twenty-four-year-old Greg Dodds pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and a weapons charge on Wednesday.

Authorities say Dodds stabbed and slashed to death 22-year-old Vedant Patel March 5, 2012. Officers who arrested Gregory found him sitting in a vehicle, making comments about being responsible. He said God told him to kill Patel.

Two doctors later found Dodds insane at the time of the killing and blamed it on his drug use.

Dodds pleaded no contest after making a deal with prosecutors who lowered the charge.

The sentencing is set for Nov. 18.

Dodds graduated the Hastings school in 2011.