What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(12) updates to this series since Updated
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 Douglas County judge ordered a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting and critically injuring a 15-year-old boy at Omaha Northwest High School to be held on $275,000 bail.
A teenage boy was shot Tuesday at Omaha's Northwest High School, police said. The suspect was in custody within an hour of the initial report. The school was placed on lockdown for a time but now families are reunited with their students.Â
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
A 35-year-old man was shot in North Omaha on Wednesday night.
A teenager has died following a shooting in South Omaha Thursday night, according to authorities.
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.
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
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
Omaha Police Deputy Chief Scott Gray said the department is unlikely to do away with standard entry no-knock warrants entirely, but use of the method has been suspended pending a full review.
Two people were arrested on suspicion of trespassing early Tuesday after firefighters were called to a building fire north of downtown Omaha.
Omaha police believe the shooting at Omaha's Northwest High School stemmed from a dispute between two students. But for parents and students, the shooting's characterization as targeted was little comfort.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of an Omaha man accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Karly Wood during an exchange of gunfire at a North Omaha birthday party in 2022.Â
A Papillion man was sentenced to jail Monday for using a drone to secretly record video of a woman and child through an apartment window in 2023.
One of three men injured Monday by gunfire in North Omaha has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault.Â
A 25-year-old man allegedly told a woman that he intended to rape her during a home invasion in Blair.
Joseph Keyes, 14, is one of six people to face charges of first-degree murder, robbery and other felonies in connection with the Aug. 13 killing of 64-year-old Mursal Jama. He appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.Â
Trial began Tuesday for Imhotep Davis, who has been charged with second-degree murder and other charges in connection to Karly Wood's death at a North Omaha party in November 2022.
A second man who was injured in a shooting Monday in North Omaha has been released from a hospital and booked into the Douglas County Jail.
An Omaha man who was shot in a North Omaha neighborhood on Monday was an "innocent bystander" and is now brain dead, prosecutors said.
A 42-year-old attempted to bring a loaded handgun into the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center Thursday, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.Â
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Papillion attorney be disbarred for misappropriating more than $137,000 in client funds.Â
