Kandice Johnson is accused of having sex with a child who is between the ages of 12-15. Court records also allege Johnson attempted to make sexual contact with a student.
A former Omaha police officer is now pleading guilty to producing and possessing child pornography, but denies that he transported the material.
A person found dead Monday near Cunningham Lake in suburban Omaha has been identified as a missing Kearney man.
Police suspect Marcelo Olvera and Andres Morales died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of a southwest Lincoln rental home Friday.
Bart Beutler is facing seven felony charges, including first-degree murder, which carries the possibility of life in prison.
Even after he'd been arrested, jail and charged with stalking the 40-year-old woman, the Hickman man began staking out her son's school in late February, deputies alleged.
Investigators haven't determined the person's gender, age and identity, Capt. Eric Sellers said. "We are also working to determine the cause of death, but it does appear to be suspicious."
On Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge John Gerrard sentenced Craig Hoffman to two years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Hoffman also was ordered to pay $325,197.90 restitution.
A Kimball County District Court jury found a 37-year-old Kimball man guilty of manslaughter in the 2022 shooting of his wife.
Two Newport News inmates tunneled through their jail cell’s wall and escaped Monday afternoon, law enforcement officials said, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant in Hampton.
A responding deputy found Logan Ascheman dead on the scene and arrested 36-year-old Chelsy Kress, also of Tecumseh, on suspicion of failure to render aid.
The father of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2022 filed a claim against the city alleging first responders were negligent for not treating his son's seizure as an emergency.
Police have arrested a 32-year-old Lincoln man on suspicion of felony child abuse resulting in the death of a 22-month-old boy, who died Friday morning after he was hospitalized Sunday.
George L. Weaver Jr. spent the summer of 2021 directing the theft and resale of pounds of drugs from the State Patrol's evidence facility in Lincoln, prosecutors said.
Grand Island Police said Juan Alvarez Jr. was arrested on suspicion of first degree assault, use of a firearm to commit a felony and two counts of criminal mischief.
The teenage getaway driver in a 2021 fatal shooting pleaded no contest to a reduced second-degree murder charge days before the case was scheduled to go to trial.
Four additional residents of the same home were transported to an area hospital as a precaution for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a news release.
Police were sent to a Lincoln hospital Sunday after the mother of a 22-month-old boy brought him in unresponsive with numerous bruises and injuries, investigators said.
The main residents of the home are Christopher Holt, 27, and Alejandra Rojas Hunter, 24, along with their 2-year-old son.
Can an employee sue their employer in civil court for a workplace injury? A judge will decide in a lawsuit brought against Catholic Charities of Omaha by an employee after an active-shooter drill.
“There were no apparent signs of criminal activity; however, the unconfirmed remains may have been there for an extended period of time."
The teen's grandmother raised concerns to police after her granddaughter was pregnant again months after giving birth, police said in court records.
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A 48-year-old man who died last week in a one vehicle crash in southwest Nebraska has been identified.
The 50-year-old Lincoln man began striking the convenience store's slot machines before the clerk asked him to leave, police said.
A former janitor at Otte Middle School in Blair was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for sending a sexually explicit photo to a student.
A former Nebraska State Patrol trooper was sentenced Monday to a lengthy prison term after being convicted of first-degree sexual assault of 13-year-old girl.
A district court judge largely overruled the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by former Officer Erin Spilker, who is alleging years of sex-based discrimination.
A Hall County judge set bond at $5 million for Logan Hunts Horse, who is accused of killing Todd Scherer at Fonner Park in Grand Island.
A Douglas County judge set bail at $500,000 for a former Omaha man who skipped town after being charged with first-degree sexual assault of a minor.
A 20-year-old Louisiana man charged with second-degree murder allegedly told witnesses that the man he shot had spoken ill of his mother.