What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(13) updates to this series since Updated
An Omaha woman pleaded no contest late last month to six felonies in connection with the beating death of her own father and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.Â
Competency proceedings continued without resolution on Monday for an Omaha man who was found guilty of killing two Sonic drive-thru employees and injuring two others during a 2020 shooting.
The Nebraska Humane Society has elected to euthanize a dog that officials said bit three children at the Holy Name Grade School playground in North Omaha on Monday.
The Douglas County Attorney's Office made the preliminary decision Tuesday not to bring charges against an Omaha man who fatally shot another man early Sunday morning, saying the killing was in self-defense. Â
The business, Premier Pools and Spas, is accused of violating multiple state and federal laws through deceptive business practices which leave paying customers with "dangerous, ugly, unfinished pits" in their backyards instead of pools.Â
All schools in the Papillion La Vista Community School District were placed in "secure" status for about 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon as a police pursuit passed through the area.Â
A 17-year-old Omaha boy was shot and killed near 18th and Spencer Streets Wednesday night, police said.Â
No charges will be filed against Deputy Kevin Clark, who shot 27-year-old Daveyon Sherman once in the stomach in the early morning hours of Oct. 28 after Clark witnessed what he believed to be a kidnapping in the middle of the road.Â
Deputy city attorney files lawsuit alleging sex discrimination in hiring process for Omaha's top job
A deputy attorney with the City of Omaha filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday alleging she was passed up for a promotion because of sex discrimination.Â
Omaha police have arrested a Papillion man they believe responsible for assaulting a former U.S. Arizona senator on Wednesday.
Martha McSally said the assault occurred when a man came up behind her and engulfed her in a bear hug on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. She said the man then molested and followed her until she fought him off.
A man wanted on suspicion of child sexual assault who led authorities on a pursuit Tuesday has been released from the hospital and booked into jail, Omaha police said Friday.
An Omaha man was arrested Friday on suspicion of felony child abuse and possession of child pornography, and police believe there may be more victims.
A 37-year-old Nebraska man is being held in the Cass County Jail on $750,000 bail after being charged with severely beating his mother and holding his father captive.Â
A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy last week appeared in court for the first time Monday and was held on $500,000 bail. Prosecutors said on Monday that the victim is considered brain dead.Â
An Iowa man has been charged in federal court with attempted interference with flight crew members, a felony, after he allegedly attempted to open the doors of a plane prior to takeoff at Omaha's Eppley Airfield.
A Guatemalan man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to time served after he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a bald eagle in western Nebraska.
A 16-year-old Omaha boy allegedly beaten and stabbed by a 15-year-old boy last week has died, according to a GoFundMe posted Thursday to raise money for his funeral expenses.Â
A Papillion man accused of assaulting a former U.S. senator last week appeared in court in Pottawattamie County on Friday to face a misdemeanor charge of assault with the intent to commit sexual abuse.Â
Omaha police have arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter after a 69-year-old man who was found dead near Fontenelle Park on Friday.Â
The incident allegedly occurred at the woman’s residence near N.P. Dodge Park around 33rd Street and John J Pershing Drive shortly before 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
