City attorney
will keep job
another term
From Staff Reports
Lincoln will keep its city attorney
for another term.
William F. Austin, city attorney
since 1980, was unanimously ap
proved for another two-year term by
the City Council during its regular
Monday meeting.
Austin, whose term expires Jan.
15, 1999, has represented the city in
some of its most controversial dis
putes. He helped the city reach agree
ments in the Francisco Renteria case
as well as negotiating with city
firefighters regarding pay increases.
As the city attorney, Austin’s re
sponsibilities include overseeing court
cases on behalf of the city as well as
preparing agenda items for council
meetings and providing legal advice
to the mayor.
law & Order
Domestic assault
Police are searching for a man
who called 911 after assaulting his
girlfriend during a fight at her
apartment.
Lincoln Police officers were
called to Lincoln General Hospital
after a woman there received ten
stitches to her head. She told the
following to police:
Around 2 p.m. Sunday, the
woman and man got in a fight at
502 S. 12th St. During the fight the
man choked her, nearly making her
black out. He then pushed her head
into a windowpane and then
dragged her around the room by her
neck.
Domestic assault
A man who went to his truck to
warm it up Sunday morning came
back with a handgun and threat
ened his former wife in front of
their children.
Officers arrested Scott Shan
non, 31, of Lincoln, after his former
wife reported that he had put a
.380-caliber semiautomatic hand
gun against her left eye, pushed her
against a refrigerator, put the gun
underneath her chin and said, “I’ll
do it. I swear I will.”
When he noticed blood coming
from a glass cut to her head, he
called 911 and left.
Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann
Heermann said the man still was
not in custody Monday afternoon.
Heermann said the incident was
witnessed by Shannon’s 5- and 6
year-old children. He was arrested
for third-degree assault and mak
ing terroristic threats.
Narcotics
A University of Nebraska-Lin
coln freshman was cited Saturday
for possession of less than an ounce
of marijuana after university police
caught him smoking outside his
fraternity.
University Police Sgt. Mylo
Bushing said Scott PalT of Omaha
was cited outside Triangle Frater
nity, 1235 N. 16th St., after an of
ficer walked up to him and another
man.
The two men were standing out
side the west entrance of the fra
ternity house at about 4:20 a.m.
The officer approached them and
smelled marijuana and watched as
Paff snuffed out the joint.
The officer picked up the mari
juana cigarette and cited the UNL
freshman.
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