Police, prosecutors allege Omaha woman sexually assaulted girls over several years
Brittianee Bates, 23, faces eight felony counts, including first-degree, third-degree sexual assault & child abuse Share Updated: 8:45 PM CDT Apr 27, 2021
Brittianee Bates, 23, faces eight felony counts, including first-degree, third-degree sexual assault & child abuse Share Updated: 8:45 PM CDT Apr 27, 2021
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Show Transcript OUT. DAVID: BILL, THANKS. FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT, POLICE AND PROSECUTORS LAY OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST A 23-YEAR-OLD DRILL TEAM MEMBER, CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING GIRLS AS YOUNG AS NINE OR TEN-YEARS-OLD. JULIE: SHE’S BRITTAINEE BATES, FACING EIGHT FELONY COUNTS, AND A JUDGE FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO SEND THE CASE TO TRIAL. DAVID: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S JOSE ZOZAYA IS LIVE AT DOUGLAS COUNTY CORRECTIONS WITH THE UPDATE FROM TODAY’S HEARING WITH THE UPDATE FROM TODAY’S HEARING. JOSE? JOSE: WE HEARD OMAHA POLICE DETECTIVES
Oklahoma passes legislation expanding plastics recycling
The state will become the 11th to pass recycling legislation focused on the plastics industry.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation April 19 that provides a modernized regulatory framework for advanced recycling technology in the state. Known as SB 448, the goal of the new law is to reduce plastic scrap waste, enhance operational certainty and increase the adoption of advanced recycling practices.
The legislation expands existing waste management laws in the state to include an emphasis on plastics recycling and recycling the various materials plastics facilities process.
In a news release, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) applauds the new legislation.
Nebraska landfill loses $350K in weight scheme by employees
Five employees of the Douglas County Landfill and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with criminal conspiracy.
As reported by the
Lincoln Journal Star, five employees who worked in the landfill’s weighhouse and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft in a scheme that could date back decades.
In the scheme, authorities allege, employees of the weighhouse would decrease the weight of a dump truck as it arrived at the landfill so the dump truck’s owner would have to pay the bare minimum for dumping tons of trash.
Attorney says 16-year-old suspect in deadly Westroads Mall shooting has mental health disorder Share Updated: 3:30 PM CDT Apr 19, 2021 Share Updated: 3:30 PM CDT Apr 19, 2021
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Show Transcript REACTION. EMILY: QUANECIA, SHOPPERS TELL ME THEY WERE SHAKEN UP. SOME SHOPPERS WERE ALSO HERE WHEN A POLICE OFFICER WERE SHOT. THEY RE IN DISBELIEF ANOTHER SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE AGAIN ALARMS RINGOUT INSIDE WESTROADS MALL AS SHOPPERS LEAVE THE BUILDING AFTER A LOCKDOW HE SAID THE MALL IS CLEARED. THE SUSPECT HAS LEFT THE MALL. EMILY: WITNESSES HEARD GUNSHOTS AND RUSHED FOR COVER. WE HEARD GUNSHOTS, LIKE POP, POP, POP. I RAN WITH EVERYONE OUT THE DOOR. MALL SECURITY REACTED QUICKLY. AND THEY STAYED IN LOCKDOWN. MY HEART WAS BEATING SO FAST. BUT MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS LIKE WE NEED TO CLOSE THE DOORS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE S SAFE. SAMANTHA RUSEL IS AN EMPLOYEE AT H & M. SUSPECT SHOT AT A CUSTOMER. THIS IS SURREAL THAT I FEEL ACTUA