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Omaha Police identify suspect in fatal hit-and-run
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Omaha Police have identified a suspect connected with a fatal hit-and-run that occurred on July 13. Investigators have identified the suspect as Cynthia Garcia, 42. Garcia was located in Council Bluffs, and has been booked in Pottawattamie County Jail. The accident in question happened near...
Bellevue man pleads ‘no contest’ in animal abuse case
PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) - A Bellevue man has pleaded “no contest” to a 2023 case of animal cruelty in court Wednesday. Deyjion Jefferson, 25, plead no contest for intentional cruelty of an animal. A charge of marijuana possession was dropped. Sentencing is set for Sept. 16. Jefferson is...
Mexico man sentenced to 18 years for meth distribution in Omaha
Omaha, Neb. — A Mexico man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in Omaha after having pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. German Aguilar Beltran, age 46, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, will be deported back to Mexico after his release from prison as he is not a U.S. citizen, according to United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr.
Missouri lawsuits allege abuse by Catholic priests, nuns. Archdiocese leader in Omaha among them
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of Catholic priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused. Five separate lawsuits seeking unspecified damages were filed this week in St. Louis and neighboring counties. All told, the lawsuits name 56 alleged abusers. The suits seek unspecified damages. Among those named is Omaha Archbishop George Lucas. He is accused of abusing a teenage boy at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in the late 1980s. Lucas strongly denies the allegations, saying in a statement that he has never had sexual contact with another person.
Iowa caregiver who stole thousands from client with disability sentenced
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A Council Bluffs caregiver who stole thousands of dollars from a client was sentenced Thursday. Theresa Sanchez, 53, pleaded guilty in Pottawattamie County Court to one count of first-degree theft and one count financial exploitation of an older individual. Sanchez was convicted on both counts,...
'Can't last forever': Despite Omaha's 30% decrease in violent crime, Stothert's budget proposes new precinct
OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert unveiled her proposed 2025 budget. With that budget, she proposed ensuring the city's police department will be fully staffed. The 2025 General Fund budget for the Omaha Police Department is $202.8 million, a 5% increase from last year. A wage increase went...
'Wouldn't have ever known': Mail theft victims warn Omaha community
OMAHA, Neb. — If she didn't see it happen, Kassi Daniels says she might've never found out a letter she was trying to send to a friend was stolen out of her mailbox. "I just felt really violated," she told KETV. It happened earlier this month near 144th and...
Fired Council Bluffs police officer’s lawsuit accuses city of retaliation, discrimination
(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A former Council Bluffs police officer is suing the city in federal court, alleging gender discrimination and retaliation. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports 36-year-old Miranda Adams, who began working for the Council Bluffs Police Department in 2012, alleges she was fired in 2023 after she filed a complaint of discrimination and harassment with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Council Bluffs man sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine
(Council Bluffs) -- A Council Bluffs man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a drug trafficking charge. United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal for the Southern District of Iowa announced Tuesday that 44-year-old Lawaun Maurice Webster was sentenced to 120 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Following his term of imprisonment, Webster will be required to serve fives years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
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