What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(10) updates to this series since Updated
A 29-year-old man died early Sunday in a one-vehicle crash in Ashland, Nebraska, while being pursued by police.
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
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old from Council Bluffs Friday night in South Omaha as a homicide.Â
Police are investigating a homicide after the body of a 69-year-old man was found in a home near Fontenelle Park early Friday.Â
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
An Omaha man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after he ran onto the tarmac at Eppley Airfield and bit an airport security officer earlier this year.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.
Levi Blake, an 80-year-old Black man diagnosed with dementia, was last seen on Aug. 17. An Omaha police sergeant said Wednesday that Blake "could be anywhere in the city."
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 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
A 16-year-old boy accused in the fatal stabbing of another 16-year-old boy was ordered held without bail at a court appearance.
An Omaha man was sentenced to the maximum of seven years after he intentionally struck a woman with a car earlier this year, killing her, and then fled the scene.Â
A part-time teacher at the Omaha Street School has been charged with third-degree sexual abuse involving a student, according to court documents.Â
An Omaha attorney is facing drug charges after authorities uncovered a large amount of psychedelics and heroin at his home.
An Omaha man arrested in connection with the slaying of his brother last week at their home near Fontenelle Park is being held on $500,000 bail.
The Omaha Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide-suicide that occurred at a central Omaha apartment complex after police were called to a domestic disturbance.
An Omaha man who allegedly shot and killed his 10-year-old son on Thanksgiving night has been charged with manslaughter and possessing a firearm as a felon, according to court documents.
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the October killing of 16-year-old La’Marintae Swift in a shooting incident that also injured five other people in North Omaha.
Three Omaha men were sentenced this week to varying prison terms for their role in the fatal beating of a wheelchair-bound man earlier this year.Â
Medics performed CPR on the man, and he was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center.
Three teens accused of first-degree murder and assault in a drive-by shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded five others were ordered to be held without bail.Â
