What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(8) updates to this series since Updated
One of the two men shot and killed by off-duty Omaha Police Department officers on Saturday fired a handgun at officers prior to them shooting 21 times at the men’s vehicle, authorities said Thursday.
A 14-year-old Omaha boy admitted to sexually assaulting two women at knifepoint last summer during a Juvenile Court appearance on Wednesday.Â
A 42-year-old Omaha woman was arrested earlier this week in connection to an alleged December assault and theft, including of a sword collection, from an apartment.
A school resource officer at Elkhorn South has been placed on paid administrative leave and is the subject of a criminal investigation after allegations of "inappropriate conduct" with a student.Â
A 30-year-old man was ticketed on suspicion of unlawful discharge of a firearm after he accidentally shot himself while waiting to pick up food in the drive-thru lane of a North Omaha barbecue restaurant.Â
A 58-year-old man was taken to an Omaha hospital Tuesday morning in critical condition following a shooting near 46th Street and Redmond Avenue.
A captain with 25 years of experience and another veteran officer have been identified as the off-duty members of the Omaha Police Department involved in a shooting Saturday that took the lives of two men.
Days after two off-duty Omaha police officers shot and killed two men in a south Omaha alleyway, details about what led to the fatal interaction remain scarce.Â
An Omaha man said despite his role in tackling one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl celebration: "We're gonna remember the good times, all our pictures and listening to good music."
In a case that Nebraska's chief federal judge called "horrific, egregious, unthinkable (and) inhuman," an Omaha man was sentenced last week to 27 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor state ward.Â
An Omaha man reportedly tackled one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs celebration in downtown Kansas City Wednesday.Â
One of the FBI's most wanted cybercriminals, a Ukrainian national who was recently extradited to the U.S. from Switzerland, pleaded guilty to racketeering crimes.Â
A Nebraska man sat down with the Omaha World-Herald after he tackled a suspected shooter at Kansas City Chiefs celebration. Watch the interview here.
An Omaha man who was shot multiple times by police after he drove his car into a crowd of people celebrating Halloween in the Minne Lusa neighborhood in 2022 was found guilty of multiple felony charges Wednesday.Â
Despite a last-minute attempt to withdraw his no contest plea, an Omaha man was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 to 115 years in prison for shooting and killing a teenager in what prosecutors have characterized as a case of mistaken identity.Â
Jury selection will begin on Thursday in the trial for a Bellevue man accused of smothering his 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son to death in 2021.
