crime

Task Force set up to investigate Brumback murders, 2008 Dundee homicides

Katie Schubert — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:44:35 +0000

A Task Force will investigate both the deaths of a Creighton doctor and his wife last week in west Omaha and the 2008 murders of two people in Dundee.

Lawmakers advance juvenile justice reform legislation

Joseph Moore and Nebraska News Service — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:18:53 +0000

Lawmakers Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at overhauling Nebraska’s juvenile justice system.

Police investigating two deaths at a West Omaha home

Associated Press — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:24:09 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have been poring over a west Omaha home where two people were found dead.

Lawmakers debate sentencing guidelines for juveniles

Shelby Friesz and Joseph Moore and Nebraska News Service — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:29:16 +0000

Juveniles convicted of Class 1A felonies would no longer face a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole under a bill introduced by Senator Brad Ashford of Omaha, which the Legislature debated Monday.

Omaha Police Command Officer placed on leave

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:28:24 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a command officer has been placed on administrative leave as the department continues investigating an allegation of brutality.

New online program seeks to streamline criminal background check process

Katie Schubert — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:50:09 +0000

Nebraskans have a new way of doing name-only criminal background checks.

Legislation introduced to abolish death penalty in Nebraska

Joseph Moore and Nebraska News Service — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:50:34 +0000

Nebraska would become the 18th state in the United States to abolish the death penalty under a bill introduced by Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha.

Mom and child injured in shooting at Council Bluffs apartment complex

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:57:03 +0000

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A mother and her 2-year-old child have been wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex on the east side of Council Bluffs.

Brazilian man convicted of Omaha murders tries to avoid death sentence

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:13:35 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Attorneys for a man convicted of killing a husband and wife and their 7-year-old son have filed a motion to try to keep him from being sentenced to death.

Bellevue man gets life in prison for killing stepdaughter

Associated Press — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:58:35 +0000

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting his stepdaughter on the front porch of her mother's home in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue.