Prosecutors have dropped animal neglect charges against an Otoe County man who had been hired to winter a herd last year.

Otoe County Attorney David Partsch filed the charges against Christopher Schram, 33, after his office received a complaint from the cattle owner.

He said he filed charges based on the information at that time, but eventually informed the owner that he would move to dismiss the charges.

 

A 46-year-old Fairbury man was taken to St. Mary’s Community Hospital Thursday after the truck and semi-trailer he was driving turned over at the intersection of Highways 75 and 2 south of Nebraska City.

The Nebraska State Patrol has begun training on three light armored vehicles (LAV’s) surplused by the Nebraska Army National Guard.

The LAV-25 is an all terrain, all weather light armored personnel carrier.  Built by General Dynamics, the LAV-25 is an amphibious vehicle capable of forging streams, rivers and inland waterways.

Nebraska City Fire and EMS responded the intersection of Highways 2 and 75 at 11:08 a.m. on Tuesday where there was an accident  involving Shalena Lakisha Mae Spellman, 29, of Hamburg, Iowa.

The Otoe County Sheriff’s Office reports that Spellman suffered fatal injuries after she pulled her 2001 Plymouth Neon into the path of a westbound Freightliner truck and semi-trailer hauling treated power poles.

District Court Judge Randall Rehmeier called a Nebraska City man’s contact with 12- and 14-year-old girls via cell phone text messaging an “abuse of technology.”

Cole Rinne, 19, was sentenced Tuesday to two concurrent 18 to 30 months in prison for two counts attempt of child pornography. He was ordered to register as a sex offender.

Nebraska City Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in three recent burglaries.

Police investigated a Feb. 1 break-in at El Pueblito, at Seventh Street and First Corso. The front door was pried open and cash taken.

The Nebraska Liquor Control Commission cleared the way for The Depot’s grand re-opening Jan. 23 with approval of a liquor license with conditions.

The liquor commission held a hearing on Jan. 20 to determine whether the license should be granted. The commission’s agenda said the application was made only for Lori Thomas and said her husband, David Thomas, had signed a non-participation agreement.

A worker was killed in an accident at the Cargill plant in Nebraska City early Saturday morning.

Attorney General Jon Bruning announced that Teresa White, a former Otoe County deputy district court clerk, has been sentenced to 30 to 72 months in prison for the theft of funds from the district court.

The Nebraska State Patrol arrested 49-year-old John Suppes of Nebraska City Thursday after a hit-and-run accident near Waverly.

The driver of a Jeep Cherokee told state troopers her vehicle had been struck from behind by a red, two-door sports car while she was stopped near highways 6 and 31.

About 15 minutes later, troopers located a 1998 red Honda that had been abandoned at the Waverly interchange near Interstate 80. A wallet and empty beer can were found inside.

Otoe County prosecutors swore out arrest warrants Monday regarding what police earlier described as a gruesome beating.

Christopher Jordan, 21, of Nebraska City is charged with first degree assault on 28-year-old Michael Anderson of Shenandoah on Dec. 22.

Police say Jordan brought Anderson to his home in Nebraska City after Anderson had an argument with his girlfriend in Iowa.

The Nebraska City Police Department will be reimbursed $19,141.21 by the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety for operations costs associated with multiple grant programs completed in 2009.
The office is also receiving specialized equipment valued at $10,584.99 for participation in grant activities.

Nebraska City Crime Stoppers are offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest involving a break-in at the Wagon Wheel, 600 Central Ave., on between 4 and 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 13.
Items reported missing include cigarettes and an undetermined amount of change.

A 23-year-old Otoe man entered a guilty plea Monday for causing a knife wound to a neighbor following an argument this summer.

Otoe County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joshua Sack in June for his involvement in a physical confrontation with Shawn McElhenie.

The Nebraska State Patrol and state Department of Roads rescued three people who were stranded in vehicles on Highway 34 in Cass County Thursday.

Shortly before 10 p.m, a state patrol dispatcher received a call from a woman indicating her son’s pickup had become stuck on Highway 34 about 10 miles west of Union.

The caller also indicated a female whose vehicle had also became stuck in the same area, was now in her son’s pickup and was beginning to exhibit signs of frostbite.