What you missed last week in notable Omaha crimes and court cases
Last week's local crime and court updates from The World-Herald.
(7) updates to this series since Updated
A Nebraska man sat down with the Omaha World-Herald after he tackled a suspected shooter at Kansas City Chiefs celebration. Watch the interview here.
An Omaha man said despite his role in tackling one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl celebration: "We're gonna remember the good times, all our pictures and listening to good music."
An Omaha man who was shot multiple times by police after he drove his car into a crowd of people celebrating Halloween in the Minne Lusa neighborhood in 2022 was found guilty of multiple felony charges Wednesday.Â
An Omaha man reportedly tackled one of the suspects in the shooting at the Chiefs celebration in downtown Kansas City Wednesday.Â
Jury selection will begin on Thursday in the trial for a Bellevue man accused of smothering his 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son to death in 2021.
Despite a last-minute attempt to withdraw his no contest plea, an Omaha man was sentenced on Tuesday to 90 to 115 years in prison for shooting and killing a teenager in what prosecutors have characterized as a case of mistaken identity.Â
In a case that Nebraska's chief federal judge called "horrific, egregious, unthinkable (and) inhuman," an Omaha man was sentenced last week to 27 years in prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor state ward.Â
A 35-year-old Carter Lake man is being held in Douglas County jail after he was accused of being impaired in a two-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured three others near Bennington.
Joshua E. Kuhl, 35, made his first court appearance on Tuesday. His appearance came after he was charged in connection with the car crash that killed Gary Smith, 69, near Bennington early Sunday.
Prosecutors said Adam Price of Bellevue deliberately and with premeditated malice smothered his children before staging their bodies as if they were sleeping in their beds.
Officials of the FBI Omaha field office are seeking the public’s help in identifying victims of abuse that occurred within a religious group that does not have a name but is often referred to as "The Truth."Â
A mid-morning shooting in a small-town bowling alley on Tuesday left two men dead and the northeast Nebraska community of Bloomfield shaken.
A deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office remains on administrative leave after arrested on suspicion of third-degree sexual assault of a high school student.
A former Nebraska corrections employee was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an inmate and having his baby.
Two people have officially been charged in connection with a double homicide in Bloomfield, Nebraska, that left two beloved community members dead.Â
The Central High School Foundation is looking for answers after several plaques, some over 100 years old and totaling thousands of dollars, have been stolen.
Charges are not anticipated at this time, officials said.Â
