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Dad Charged After Child Dies in Hot Car in Arizona

police-lights-red(AP) — Police say a father whose infant son died after being left in a parked car in the Phoenix summertime heat is suspected of smoking marijuana at the time.

Sgt. Tommy Thompson said late Thursday that 31-year-old Daniel Bryant Gray was being booked into jail, charged with manslaughter and child abuse.

Police said earlier that 3-month-old Jamison Gray died after his father had gone to a sports bar where he works as a kitchen manager at about noon on Wednesday to check on business.

Outside temperatures were about 100 degrees, but interior car temperatures are frequently much higher.

At first police said the father was distracted and forgot about the boy, but Thompson says they later came to suspect he was smoking pot with a coworker during the time his son was in the vehicle.

York Man Wounded by Deputy Faces Six Felony Charges

york_co_Sher(AP) — A 26-year-old York man wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a sheriff’s deputy has been charged with six felonies.

The charges against Max McCall include attempted assault on an officer and three weapons counts.

Sheriff Dale Radcliff has said the deputy was responding to a call about McCall on Aug. 11 when the deputy spotted McCall’s vehicle and gave chase. The chase ended when McCall’s vehicle went into a ditch.

The sheriff says McCall was armed with a rifle and fired twice at the deputy. The deputy shot back, hitting McCall twice.

The deputy wasn’t wounded.

A York County jailer said McCall was in custody on Friday. McCall’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

Nebraskan Accused of Sexually Assaulting Two-Year-Old

handcuffs(AP) — A 24-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child in the south-central Nebraska town of Hardy.

James Wheeler Jr. surrendered on Wednesday after a warrant was issued.

Authorities say a baby sitter discovered the girl was assaulted on Aug. 19.

Wheeler remains in custody, pending $100,000 bail. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney

UNL Alum Who Donated $8 Million to Music School Dies

Glenn Korff
Glenn Korff

(AP) — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate who donated $8 million to the university’s music school earlier this month has died.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said it’s unfortunate that Glenn Korff won’t be around to see the impact his gift will make.

Korff lived in Boulder, Colo., after retiring from Goldman Sachs. He graduated from UNL in 1965.

The university plans to rename the music school in Korff’s honor.

NU officials sent a 15-person marching band to Boulder on Aug. 22-23 to thank Korff for his gift. Friends say he was thrilled by the visit from the musicians.

Korff’s donation will be used to create an endowed fund to support academic programs, student scholarships and faculty projects.

Omaha Employer Sentenced for Failure to Pay Taxes

dept.-of-justice(AP) — An Omaha employer has been sentenced to prison for a single federal count of failing to pay taxes withheld from his employees’ paychecks.

Daniel Malone had initially been charged with two counts for failing to pay nearly $171,000 in federal income and Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes in 2005 and 2006.

The 66-year-old Malone had faced up to five years in prison; on Thursday, he was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison.

U.S. Attorney Deb Gilg says Malone was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, as well as $170,967 in restitution. He will serve one year of supervision following his release from prison.

Gretna School District Installs Bus, Student Tracking Tools

gretna-public-schools(AP) — A suburban Omaha school district has installed devices on its school buses that allow officials to track not only the vehicles, but the students on it.

Gretna Public Schools has given students electronic cards to wave in front of a card reader each time they get on and off the school bus.

The system allows the district to track who is on which bus and when and where they board and get off.

The buses are also equipped with GPS devices. If there’s an accident or bus breakdown, the district knows where the bus is and who’s on board. If a child gets off at the wrong stop, officials can alert the parents. Officials can even determine whether buses stop at railroad crossings

Murder Charge Filed in Lincoln Man’s Death

lincoln-police(AP) — Prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a defendant who’s been awaiting trial on lesser charges in the slaying of a Lincoln man.

The charge was leveled Wednesday against 24-year-old Miguel Castillo. He’s accused of killing 25-year-old Tyler Schoenrock. Schoenrock’s body was found on a rural road north of Lincoln on Dec. 30

Castillo previously was charged with being an accessory to murder. Investigators say Castillo and 20-year-old Adrian Casares took Schoenrock from his Lincoln home and then left him for dead on the road.

Two more charges were filed Wednesday against Casares: accessory to murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. He’s already been charged with terroristic threats and use of a firearm.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

Man Tells 911 He Killed His Cancer-Stricken Wife

police-lights-red(AP) — A Kentucky man who says he killed his cancer-stricken wife at her request called police to confess just minutes after the shooting.

Ernest Chris Chumbley told a 911 dispatcher in Laurel County he shot his wife twice in the face early Wednesday morning with a .32-caliber handgun. Chumbley later told media outlets from jail that she wanted her pain to end.

Chumbley cries throughout the 16-minute 911 call and says his wife had an appointment with her cancer doctor scheduled for the morning. At one point, he asks the dispatcher if he can go see his wife’s body in the bedroom, but he is told not to move.

The 48-year-old Chumbley is charged with murder. His defense attorney, Kelly Ridings, said Thursday that it was too early in the case to comment.

Tylenol Gets New Cap Aimed at Preventing Overdoses

tylenol(AP) — Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The step, disclosed by the maker of Tylenol, comes amid lawsuits and pressure from the federal government.

Johnson & Johnson says the warning will appear on the cap of each new bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol sold in the U.S. in October and on most other Tylenol bottles in coming months. The warning will make it clear the over-the-counter drug contains acetaminophen, a pain-relieving ingredient that’s the nation’s leading cause of sudden liver failure.

Overdoses from acetaminophen send 55,000 to 80,000 people to the emergency room in the U.S. each year and kills at least 500.

Lincoln Woman Sentenced for Fatal Hit-and-Run

gavel(AP) — A 47-year-old Lincoln woman has been sentenced to prison for fleeing the scene after her car struck and killed a pedestrian last summer.

Online court records say Kelly Hall was given 15 to 30 months at her sentencing Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court. She’d pleaded no contest and was convicted of failing to stop and render aid.

Prosecutors say Hall was driving east on Cornhusker Highway around 9:30 p.m. on June 10 last year when 53-year-old Daniel Kreis began crossing the road. Hall told officers she tried to stop her car but failed. Kreis was fatally injured.

Hall fled but called 911 soon afterward to report the accident.

Blood tests on Hall and on Kreis’ body showed both had been drinking alcohol.

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