Latest missing persons cases in Nebraska

The Nebraska State Patrol says Jade Nicole Sides was safe when she located in Iowa.

"We are aware of additional contact with law enforcement in at least one other state, and crimes that occurred in other states as well," including Florida and Arkansas, said police in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Jake Gonzalez posted $25,000 of a $250,000 bond to get out of jail in the previous case. He is currently being held without bond and hadn't been charged as of Tuesday morning.

The Stanton County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call on Friday related to a stabbing in West City Park in Stanton. According to the sheriff's office, the victim had five stab wounds to her back and arm.

James Fairbanks and his attorney contemplated a self-defense claim, which prosecutor Brenda Beadle called "comical." She said Fairbanks was planning to hunt sex offenders.

Omaha police officers screamed “Show your hands!” and “Stop digging!” multiple times on Nov. 19 as Kenneth Jones shifted in the back seat of a gray Dodge Charger.

An autopsy determined that a heart attack combined with the shock to his system from the cold water likely caused his death, an official said.

The driver of one of the racing vehicles took off. Omaha’s police helicopter directed officers to the area of 25th and Arbor, where they caught the 20-year-old driver. With him was a 17-year-old girl and her 4-month-old infant.

The investigation led to searches in Fremont and Wakefield earlier this month where authorities seized more than $30,000

A preliminary breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of .20, 2½ times the legal limit. But Fremont police didn’t make Oliver Glass blow into a more advanced machine that is needed in court to confirm his .20 blood-alcohol content.

A Fillmore County man who triggered a social media storm last fall after driving around Lincoln with a racist message on his pickup was sentenced to prison for attempted manufacture of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm. 

The judge told those gathered he was not imposing a tough sentence on Otis Walker because of any notion that he got away with murder but because his actions were an affront to justice.

She was accused of submitting 1,201 claims totaling $109,274 to Nebraska Medicaid without proper documentation showing that services had been provided.

When the man came outside the house, police gave him commands, and then gunfire began, said Deputy Omaha Police Chief Ken Kanger. It wasn't known Sunday night whether the man had fired at officers.

Two children who were on a visit to their dad's during their parents’ divorce proceedings were found dead Sunday morning in his home.

During a traffic stop, a patrol dog smelled marijuana in the car. A search of the vehicle uncovered 186 pounds of marijuana in heat-sealed packages.

“We’ve had instances, at least a half-dozen, where he’s ran and we’ve had to find him,” the police chief said. “He’s probably at this point fearful. He takes medication, and he doesn’t have it with him.”

State Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas said alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash. Seat belts also were not in use.

"Especially now, you want to lower our standards when the microscope is on us?" asked Brenda Urbanek, director of the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center.

La Vista police said the lower lake level will give searchers, either by diving, boat or from the air, a better visual sense of what's along the shore.

Ingrid Baires-Duran eventually exited at the Grand Island/Hastings interchange and stopped at a gas station, where troopers discovered the three children in the car. 

“We’re not gonna give up hope. We're going to continue to use every resource we have to try and find Ryan and hopefully bring him home safe,” La Vista Mayor Doug Kindig said at a prayer vigil Wednesday.

An Omaha police officer is facing felony charges and is on administrative leave after he detained two juveniles who had been pounding on doors in his Gretna neighborhood.

Troopers arrested an Arizona man after finding the drugs under the car's floorboards during a stop near Cozad.

The people who were hit reported red, circular welts on their bodies.

Deputies were outside a residence southeast of Weeping Water on Monday evening when they heard a gunshot from inside the home and a person call for help, according to a news release.

A person died at the hospital early Thursday after being shot in north Omaha.

The Sheriff's Office has asked area law enforcement agencies to check their missing person reports and forward any reports matching the man's description to its office.

A jury found a Bellevue man guilty of cyberstalking after he threatened to make public nude photos of the wife of a candidate for the Legislature in an attempt to blackmail the campaign. 

Ashley Bractic, a corporal at the facility since June 2020, was arrested by the Nebraska State Patrol and resigned from her position with the department.