Editor's Pick Ex-Lincoln restaurant owner pleads guilty to selling drugs stolen from Nebraska State Patrol ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star Mar 20, 2023 Mar 20, 2023 Updated Mar 22, 2024 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Lincoln restaurant owner who in 2021 was at the center of a plot to steal drugs from the Nebraska State Patrol's evidence storage facility pleaded guilty Friday to his role in one of the highest-profile drug cases in the state's history.kAmv6@C86 {] (62G6C yC] DA6?E E96 DF>>6C @7 a_a` 5:C64E:?8 E96 E967E 2?5 C6D2=6 @7 A@F?5D @7 >2C:;F2?2[ <:=@D @7 4@42:?6 2?5 8C2>D @7 76?E2?J= 7C@> E96 $E2E6 !2EC@=VD 6G:56?46 724:=:EJ :? {:?4@=?[ 7656C2= AC@D64FE@CD D2:5 2E E96 bf\J62C\@=5VD A=62 962C:?8 uC:52J]k^Am People are also reading… 12-year-old arrested in death of classmate who was hit in the head by a metal water bottle Kearney restaurant owner Carlos Godinez will be deported State troopers trying to locate man who ran from traffic stop near Overton Lexington wins Good Life Cup Learning Adventures Childcare plans culturally diverse summer curriculum Geiser family opens hardware store in Lexington TRACK: Cozad boys win team title at Ogallala Gothenburg High School speech team overjoyed with state results CPS reformats after-school and preschool programs, raises tuition On one busy day, Gothenburg senior wins state speech, earns FFA presidency Sarah Neben: Lexington soccer sweeps North Platte Local 4-H'ers compete in Dawson County speech contest Gothenburg girls tennis defeats Ogallala in dual NRCS offers disaster assistance to ag producers in Nebraska impacted by wildfires kAmu@C >@?E9D[ (62G6C AF==65 @77 E96 D496>6 H:E9 E96 96=A @7 9:D 8:C=7C:6?5[ bf\J62C\@=5 p??2 x5:8:>2[ H9@ H@C<65 7@C J62CD 2D 2 $E2E6 !2EC@= 6G:56?46 E649?:4:2? 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Ex-State Patrol employee pleads guilty for drugs stolen from evidence room At the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Fullerton offered the most detailed account yet of the scheme and the investigation that uncovered it.
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Hickman man charged again with felony for stalking Waverly woman, records show Even after he'd been arrested, jail and charged with stalking the 40-year-old woman, the Hickman man began staking out her son's school in lat…
