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
The Omaha Police Department is searching for three juveniles after the juveniles allegedly stole fireworks from a tent located in South Omaha early Thursday morning.
Omaha police are searching for two men who robbed a bank Wednesday morning near 90th and Maple Streets before fleeing in a SUV.
A 40-year-old Omaha man who sent sexually explicit pictures of a minor to an FBI agent was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in federal prison for production of child pornography.Â
A Lincoln man accused of raping a woman as she was taking a morning walk near downtown Omaha last month appeared in court for the first time Tuesday and was ordered held on $750,000 bail.Â
In a press release issued Tuesday ahead of a grand jury investigation into the killings of two men by off-duty Omaha police officers earlier this year, police said the slain men were directly connected to narcotics trafficking.
The Nebraska State Patrol said a patient escaped from the Lincoln Regional Center early Tuesday.
An Omaha woman displayed erratic behavior, including chasing a man around her house with a taser, before she fatally stabbed a teen girl with a kitchen knife earlier this year, a detective testified on Monday.Â
A 23-year-old told police that he was shot during an attempted robbery early Monday in northwest Omaha.
Richard Gonzalez, a former Omaha police captain who pleaded guilty to a wide-ranging fraud scheme earlier this year, was released from federal prison on Wednesday.
A 56-year-old Omaha woman alleges her constitutional rights were violated when she was forcefully detained after refusing a search of her home.Â
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday denied the appeal of a Texas man who raped and murdered a 61-year-old woman in Omaha.
Deputies from the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office are asking for the public's help in identifying two males in connection with a vehicle theft and attempted vehicle theft last week.Â
Chief Deputy Douglas County Attorney Brenda Beadle said that no criminal charges are expected to be filed following the shooting death of a 40-year-old man early Tuesday near 51st and Q Streets in Omaha.Â
A 50-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday night on a felony warrant after he was seen jumping into the Missouri River near the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.Â
A 27-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced for selling a counterfeit Oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl that led to a man's death.Â
Two men suspected of attempting to steal a pickup truck in Springfield after stealing an SUV have been apprehended in Texas, according to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.
An Omaha man was sentenced on Wednesday to 16 months in federal prison for speeding past security at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue and driving around the base with a gun in his vehicle in 2022.Â
Omaha's new $27 million juvenile detention center sits empty nearly a year after the controversial project's completition. From the Flatwater Free Press
