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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, October 15, 1975
Raid details,
planning told
in statement
This text of Lancaster County
Atty. Ron Lahners' statement Tues-
day on the Lewis investigation is re
produced here in full. Only brief
repetitive phrases and technical jar
gon were deleted. Corrections for
spelling and obvious typographical
errors were made, as were minor
additions for clarity's sake.
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The incident resulting in the death of Sherdell
Lewi has been examined in detail based upon
the information supplied by the Nebraska State
Patrol. Lincoln Police Department and the
County Sheriff's Office, as well as information
gathered from my own investigation.
The total investigation reveals that Initial " in
volvement with Sherdell Lewis took place by the
Lincoln Police Department on (Sept. 17) and
with the Lancaster County Sheriff's' Office on
(Sept. 22).
In separate actions the narcotics section of
each office made arrangements with undercover
contacts to initiate buys of controlled substances
from Sherdell Lewis. Those buys resulted in
obtaining from Sherdell Lewis or his residence,
marijuana, as well as a substance which was sold
as cocaine and field tested cocaine.
On the basis of information gathered in this
initial involvement a search warrant was procured
from the county court judge, which search
warrant affidavit revealed that a confidential re
liable informant had observed Sherdell Lewis
when he possessed controlled substances. The in
formant obtained controlled substances from
Sherdell Lewis for resale.
After procuring the signature of the county
court judge to search the residence of 2284
Potter Street. . . , arrangements were made by the
Lincoln Police Department, the Sheriff's Office
and Nebraska State Patrol to execute the search.
For that purpose a olanning session was
commenced at the Lincoln Police Department
offices. The planning session continued for. . . 45
minutes to one hour. During the discussion in the
planning session, involving 12 to 14 officers, the
following Information was made available to all
officers:
That Sherdell Lewis kept trained Doberman
dogs believed to be four in number, one of which
was believed to be a trained attack dog; that
Lewis wes believed to have a handgun near his
chair in the livingroom of his residence; that
Lewis had previously stated that he would not let
any police officers take him alive; that he had
advised a policeman that if he tried to arrest him
that the policeman's widow would be collecting
Insurance; that Lewis had threatened to turn the
Doberman dog loose on a police officer or any
one else coming to his residence.
Factual circumstances. . . revealed that Lewis
did not have a handgun in his home, but he did
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