What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(17) updates to this series since Updated
An employee of an Omaha cannabis store told police that a man in a white mask attacked him with pepper spray Sunday night during a robbery.
Omaha Crime Stoppers and the Nebraska Humane Society are jointly offering a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a person caught on video stealing a cat from the front porch in South Omaha earlier this month and the recovery of the cat.
Investigators completed an interview on Tuesday with a man who was shot Saturday by an off-duty Douglas County Sheriff's Office deputy.
An Omaha man accused of helping his friend dispose the body of a man she had killed will stand trial on a charge of accessory to first-degree murder, a judge ruled during a preliminary hearing Tuesday.Â
Two men were injured and a suspect remains at-large after a machete attack early Wednesday morning, according to authorities.
In a ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Joseph Bataillon dismissed Tammi Larsen’s lawsuit without prejudice, meaning Larsen could bring another case related to her son Ryan's disappearance at some point.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy who shot a 27-year-old man while reporting to work last weekend.
An Omaha woman who was out on bail after she was charged with accessory to murder in a fatal July shooting was taken back into custody Wednesday and now faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the case, police said.Â
A 28-year-old man was hospitalized after being cut with a knife in South Omaha on Wednesday evening.
An Omaha man will spend more than a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to pointing a laser at an airborne Omaha Police Department helicopter in 2021.Â
An envelope that contained a suspicious white powder caused a lock down at Jewish Federation of Omaha campus on Wednesday. The powder was eventually deemed non-hazardous.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and County Attorney Don Kleine gave additional information about the shooting of an unarmed man by an off-duty deputy, but some aspects are still being examined.
A woman previously accused of being an accessory to murder is now charged with first-degree murder and suspected of being an "active participant" in a robbery that turned deadly over the summer.
White powder that was sent to the Jewish Federation of Omaha and resulted in a lockdown on Wednesday was not done so with malicious intent.
Two 16-year-old boys were arrested and 22 firearms were recovered from a stolen vehicle after a reported burglary at the EZ Money Pawn Shop in south Omaha early Friday morning, police said. Â
A 24-year-old man died early Sunday following a shooting near 95th and Maple Streets.
An 18-year-old man was taken into custody early Sunday after several shots were allegedly fired at an unmarked Omaha police vehicle.
An Omaha woman pleaded no contest late last month to six felonies in connection with the beating death of her own father and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.Â
The Douglas County Attorney's Office gets its facility dog, a lab-golden mix named Laramie, specially trained to calm crime victims.
No charges will be filed against Deputy Kevin Clark, who shot 27-year-old Daveyon Sherman once in the stomach in the early morning hours of Oct. 28 after Clark witnessed what he believed to be a kidnapping in the middle of the road.Â
Martha McSally said the assault occurred when a man came up behind her and engulfed her in a bear hug on the Iowa side of the Missouri River. She said the man then molested and followed her until she fought him off.
Omaha police have arrested a Papillion man they believe responsible for assaulting a former U.S. Arizona senator on Wednesday.
A man wanted on suspicion of child sexual assault who led authorities on a pursuit Tuesday has been released from the hospital and booked into jail, Omaha police said Friday.
The Douglas County Attorney's Office made the preliminary decision Tuesday not to bring charges against an Omaha man who fatally shot another man early Sunday morning, saying the killing was in self-defense. Â
According to a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Humane Society, the dog has been caught and an investigation is underway.Â
