What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(13) updates to this series since Updated
Three Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputies sustained minor injuries last week while arresting an Omaha man wanted for felony theft and failure to appear for a drug test.
A man and a teenage boy were injured by gunfire early Sunday in South Omaha.
“The Grand Jury recommends that in all deaths in correctional facilities, both county and state, that there be an independent review of those deaths," a Douglas County grand jury wrote in September.
A substitute teacher with Omaha Public Schools was arrested Saturday after she was found in the backseat of her SUV with a 17-year-old.
The former Omaha police officer is the third of four defendants to be sentenced after a wide-ranging public corruption investigation by the FBI.
A La Vista police officer is at home recovering after being stabbed while responding to a mental health crisis involving a 16-year-old girl.
An Omaha prisoner convicted in the 1967 slayings of two service station attendants has died.
A former Omaha police officer and nonprofit leader will be sentenced in federal court on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to participating in a wire fraud conspiracy.
An Omaha teacher has been charged in a Douglas County arrest warrant with felony theft by embezzlement from the Nebraska High School Press Association.
One of the two people wanted in connection with the thefts of historical plaques from Omaha's Central High School has been booked into the Douglas County Jail.
An Omaha man will stand trial on charges of manslaughter and use of a firearm to commit a felony after he allegedly shot and killed his close friend last month.
Three Omaha men accused of first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting last week appeared in court Monday and were ordered held without bail.
The Lincoln man killed at a downtown bar early Sunday was shot by a security guard, the Lincoln Police Department said.
A bartender in downtown Omaha told police that he was stabbed by a customer early Wednesday as he was trying to escort the man out of the business.
The Nebraska State Patrol arrested two people early Saturday following a pursuit that ended in a southwest Omaha home's attic.
Steven “So Cold” Nelson faces five felony charges, including second degree assault and use of a firearm to commit a felony.
Omaha boxer Steven "So Cold" Nelson was arrested Thursday in connection with a March 31 shooting that injured a 14-year-old girl.
The driver in a suspected drunken driving crash that left two dead was released from the hospital and taken into custody Thursday, according to authorities.
James Sawyer’s sentence stems from the shooting and killing of Elijah Foster on Feb. 5, 2019.
Omaha police are searching for a mother who is accused in a Douglas County warrant with causing the death of her 10-month-old son.
An Omaha man is facing 11 felony charges after he allegedly struck two Douglas County Sheriff's Deputies with a stolen vehicle before leading police on a high-speed chase and striking two other cars.
An Omaha woman will be sentenced in June after pleading no contest to a charge of manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting outside a Florence neighborhood bar.
A dog was found with duct tape covering his head and holding his legs together shortly before the dumpster was emptied. Now he is back recovering with his family.
An Omaha man who was wounded while involved in a gunbattle on Ames Avenue last summer has been sentenced to three years probation.
The crash last Saturday killed 30-year-old Uber driver Kyle Arnold of Omaha and 26-year-old passenger Ross Lewis of Wilbur.
An Omaha man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to selling a fentanyl-laced counterfeit Oxycodone pill that led to another man's fatal overdose.
Omaha police and fire department are investigating a body found in a burned downtown Omaha warehouse that was being prepared for demolition.
An Omaha substitute teacher accused of the sexual abuse of a 17-year-old student appeared in court for the first time Tuesday and was ordered held on $25,000 bail.
