What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(9) updates to this series since Updated
Two teenagers were booked into the Douglas County Youth Center early Sunday after being arrested on suspicion of burglaries at three Omaha vape shops.Â
A 29-year-old woman was taken into custody Sunday after barricading herself in a south Omaha church rectory while armed with a knife.
Two people attempted to bring knives into the Douglas County Courthouse Thursday, two days after two guns were seized by courthouse security staff.Â
A Sarpy County jury's verdict in a double-murder case was announced at 1:42 p.m. Thursday, slightly more than two hours after the jury began deliberations.
A Bellevue man initially charged with second-degree murder in the death of a fellow inmate at the Sarpy County Jail last August pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of manslaughter on Wednesday.Â
Closing arguments in the jury trial of a Bellevue man accused of murdering his own children in 2021 are set to begin Thursday.
A Nebraska prison inmate died Monday in Lincoln while serving a sentence of 160 to 220 years for multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child.Â
An Omaha man and woman were found guilty Tuesday in Douglas County District Court of being accessories to the 2022 shooting death of an 18-year-old man during a drug deal.
Two men scheduled to appear in court attempted to bring loaded handguns into the Douglas County Courthouse on Tuesday, according to authorities.
Twenty-four-year-old Ja'Sean Coleman of Omaha died early Monday at an Omaha hospital following a shooting in the Old Market neighborhood.
A 16-year-old Omaha boy accused of killing one person and injuring two others during a January shooting at Casey's Gas Station was ordered to stand trial on first-degree murder and assault charges.Â
Sounds of shattering glass startled the Rev. Damian Zuerlein from his sleep Sunday and he opened his bedroom door to find a woman armed with "a filet knife."
A Nebraska man appeared in court after a federal indictment was unsealed alleging he disseminated secret information about the Russia-Ukraine war on a dating site.
A 22-year-old Omaha man taken into custody in connection with a fatal shooting in the Old Market has been charged in an arrest warrant with manslaughter.Â
Omaha police are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to finding a man who has been missing from North Omaha for seven months.
Former Scottsbluff Police Captain Brian Wasson has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the theft of drugs and money from police evidence.
An Omaha man accused of shooting his father will have the criminal charges against him thrown out after the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled his right to a speedy trial was violated.Â
In a bulletin disseminated to all Omaha Police Department officers, police leadership alerted officers to a "large increase" in narcotics distribution across the city.Â
