What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(14) updates to this series since Updated
A Bellevue man was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for being an accessory to a fatal assault of a fellow inmate at the Sarpy County Jail last year.
Omaha police are investigating a homicide near Carter Lake that left a 59-year-old Omaha man dead another in the Benson area that also left a man dead.
Omaha police are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting early Saturday near Benson.Â
The Omaha Police Department has arrested two men and three youth in connection with a Sunday shooting near the Cinco de Mayo festival.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is not releasing his name until family members are notified.
A 25-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to decades behind bars for shooting an Omaha police officer in the face at Westroads Mall in 2021.Â
Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigators are working to identify the identity of a man found dead Tuesday in the Missouri River north of Omaha.
A 17-year-old Omaha girl who was fatally stabbed Sunday morning is being remembered as a loving daughter, sister and friend.
An 18-year-old woman accused of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old girl in north-central Omaha early Sunday morning will be held without bail.
Two teenage boys were arrested on suspicion of being accessories to a felony and obstructing police officers following a shooting Monday night in South Omaha.Â
A Sunday morning power outage in north-central Omaha was likely caused by a person cutting through power lines with a reciprocating saw before electrocuting themselves, according to a police report.Â
After a two-week jury trial, an 18-year-old Omaha man was found guilty of first-degree murder and three other felonies for the 2021 killing of 14-year-old Isabella Santiago.Â
A Nebraska state prison inmate has been served an arrest warrant for his alleged involvement in a 2017 North Omaha homicide.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to a felony in connection with the shooting of another teen Sunday near the Cinco de Mayo festival.Â
The principal said in a letter the two students got into an altercation prior to the last day of the school year starting. The principal said the student who was cut is expected to be OK.
The teacher allegedly told an investigator that she picked the student up and they had a sexual encounter at her apartment. She said she thought the student was 19.
A Sarpy County District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the mother of a La Vista boy who went missing from his elementary school in 2021.
A 27-year-old Omaha man was sentenced Wednesday to over 22 years in federal prison for a 2023 bank robbery that left two employees injured.Â
Day care van driver found guilty in hot car death of 1-year-old. Judge: 'He made a horrible mistake'
A former day care van driver was found guilty on Thursday of felony negligent child abuse resulting in death after he mistakenly left a 1-year-old girl in the hot vehicle for more than five hours last August.Â
A 63-year-old Valley man was sentenced to jail time Thursday for a crash that killed an Omaha doctor on his bicycle.Â
A man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for his part in a $12.4 million fraud targeting programs meant to help business owners recover during the pandemic.
A woman found guilty of participating in a North Omaha gunbattle last year has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison.Â
A Nebraska prison inmate serving a sentence for kidnapping and raping a teenage girl died Sunday at an Omaha hospital.
Former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry pleaded not guilty and was set for trial next February, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
