What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
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A motorcyclist fleeing an attempted traffic stop died Saturday night after running a red light in southwest Omaha and colliding with another vehicle.Â
A 54-year-old Omaha man told police that he was shot early Sunday while trying to break up a fight near 24th and Lake Streets.
A Council Bluffs man was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a 17-year-old boy.Â
Prosecutors in Sarpy County dismissed multiple sexual assault charges against a former Papillion La Vista High School assistant wrestling coach, saying they did not believe they could secure a conviction.
Police are asking for tips after a 17-year-old was shot Thursday evening near South 26th Street and Third Avenue in Council Bluffs.
A 42-year-old man is accused of having left a 2-year-old child in a hot car while he appeared in a Douglas County courtroom on a probation violation.
Dressed in a suit that was slightly oversized on his 4 foot 3 inch, 70-pound frame, the 11-year-old boy appeared in juvenile court on Thursday for a formal arraignment on six charges, including first-degree murder.
After sitting empty for over a year, the future remains uncertain for Douglas County’s newly-built juvenile detention center in downtown Omaha.
The Omaha Police Department identified the man shot and killed by a police officer in a north-central Omaha residential neighborhood.
A man died in an Omaha hospital Wednesday after being shot by a police officer serving a search warrant near North 78th and Redick Avenues.Â
An 18-year-old man who pleaded no contest to running over and killing a 43-year-old man in west Omaha last year will serve anywhere from 20 to 40 years in prison.
Bellevue police are seeking a suspect they believe was involved in a shooting at a Family Dollar on Wednesday morning.
Will McDonald, who accidentally shot and killed his son last Thanksgiving, was sentenced to serve 10 to 16 years in prison for manslaughter and 7 to 13 years for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person.
The Sarpy County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an $800,000 settlement to the family of Danielle Harbison, who died of alcohol poisoning at the county jail in 2018.Â
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office seized more than 40 pounds of cocaine Tuesday after a traffic stop on Interstate 80, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said.Â
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is seeking information after a young male allegedly exposed himself to children at a park Monday in Elkhorn.
A 35-year-old man was shot in North Omaha on Wednesday night.
Stanger Enterprises, the Valley-based company that did business as Premier Pools, has been stripped of its business license, following a recent court ruling.Â
