Cops stop meth deals
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St. and searched that apartment.
There, they found 48-year-old Roger
Owings sitting on a .45 caliber hand
gun and carrying a .22 magnum pis
tol.
In the search, officers found bag
gies of methamphetamine, scales,
syringes, hundreds of plastic bags and
a large amount of cash, the affidavit
said.
Owings, who lived in the apart
ment, was arrested for possession of a
controlled substance and possession
with intent to deliver.
Also in the apartment were
Michael Ybarra, 36, and Daniel
DeRock, 37.
During the search, police learned
that Ybarra had warrants for his arrest
in Lancaster and Saunders counties.
They arrested him on the warrants,
but later found that he had two plastic
bags of methamphetamine on him.
One plastic bags was found in the
police cruiser; the other was found in
jail.
DeRock was found to have a small
plastic bags of marijuana in his pock
et and was cited for possession of
marijuana, less than an ounce.
After searching the Orchard
Street apartment, police then went to
a storage garage at 2905 N. 38th St.
with a search warrant. There, they
found most of the methamphetamine
confiscated, and more than $12,000
in cash.
Police then went to Beltan
Gastelum’s house at 120 Gaslight
Circle with a search warrant. There
they found a 17-year-old boy with a
small plastic bags of cocaine in his
wallet. He was arrested for possession
of a controlled substance.
None of the men was charged
Tuesday in Lancaster County Court.
Charges are expected today. However,
the 17-year old boy’s case was handed
over to the juvenile court Tuesday.
Both Ybarra and DeRock have
extensive criminal histories. Ybarra
has been arrested or cited 76 times by
the Lincoln Police Department - with
five cases pending - for crimes rang
ing from assault to drug possession.
DeRock has been arrested or
cited 26 times - with four cases pend
ing - for crimes ranging from resist
ing arrest to driving while intoxicat
ed.
Both Bullock and Lincoln Police
Chief Tom Casady said Tuesday that
the department does not focus on
seizures, but more on conspiracies
and networks of dealings.
But with the rapid increase of
methamphetamine on the streets,
more seizures have come, they said.
“In my 24 years of law enforce
ment, this is the most prominent drug
problem that has emerged,” Casady
said. “We have made a lot of meth
cases.”
And with more methampheta
mine comes more crime, Bullock and
Casady said. Bullock said the drug
makes people violent, and also will
ing to steal to get high. Casady said he
believes the drug has led to an
increase in armed robberies.
The increase in methampheta
mine cases has even taxed the nar
cotics division, Casady said. He said
in the next year, two more narcotics
officers will be added to the 13-mem
ber force.
“We are increasingly forced to
pick and choose cases ... simply
because we don’t have enough per
sonnel in the drug unit to actively pur
sue every case,” Casady said.
Massages available
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sage can sign up at campus rec or call
the center to schedule a personal mas
sage with one of the massage thera
pists, Decker said.
The massage therapy clinic is
open to students, faculty, staff and the
public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Friday.
“We keep those slots pretty full,”
Decker said.
The costs for the 25-, 45- and 60
minute massages are $15, $25 and
$30 for campus rec members and
$25, $35 and $40 for non-members.
The massage therapists also will
perform seated massage demonstra
tions before the Baylor volleyball
team on Friday.
The cost of the massage will be $5
for five minutes and $7 for 10 min
utes.
Amy Lohrberg Patt, massage
therapy coordinator for campus rec
and the Athletic Department, will
perform a massage clinic from 5:30
p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday at campus
rec and at the same time Tuesday at
the East Campus Recreation Center.
Other events scheduled for the
week are being planned by the Injury
Prevention and Care staff.
This year will be the third year for
Injury Prevention and Care Week.
IPC has training rooms in the
Campus and East Campus Recreation
Centers. They administer first-aid
treatment, tape injured areas, refer
students to the health centers or doc
tors and perform other services.
Because the UNL massage thera
py program is part of IPC and the
Athletic Department, the IPC decided
to have its Injury Prevention and Care
Week coincide with National
Massage Therapy Awareness Week
this year, said Chris Oehling, assis
tant director for injury prevention and
care.
“We thought it would be a great
way to promote National Massage
Therapy Awareness Week and help
create awareness about our massage
therapy program,” Oehling said.
The IPC had four programs
scheduled for the week. Op Monday
and Tuesday two healthy-back
instruction classes were offered - one
at campus rec and one at the east
union.
Today and Thursday, a flexibility
for active lifestyles class will be held
from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at campus rec
and east union.
Those interested in the flexibility
for active lifestyles need to sign up at
campus rec or the East Campus
Recreation Center.
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in the mornings and with students,
faculty, staff and the public in the
afternoon.
She said changing her focus
halfway through the day gives her
energy to stay on top of things all
day.
Patt said she likes massage
therapy because it’s a rewarding
field for her.
“I like to know I make a differ
ence in athletes’ performance,”
Patt said.
One athlete she has helped this
fall is Michael Corniffe, a fresh
man business administration
major and track and field runner.
Corniffe’s hamstring tightens up
when he runs, so he gets massage
therapy two days a week.
“It helps loosen up my muscles
so I am able to lift or train that
day,” Corniffe said.
Even though Patt works with
athletes, she said her most reward
ing event was guiding a student
with scoliosis to a health-care pro
fessional.
Patt said she did all the treat
ment she could do on the girl, but
finally referred her to a doctor
who diagnosed the girl with scol
iosis.
“Hopefully, I made a differ
ence in this girl’s lifelong comfort
level,” Patt said.
Patt started full time at UNL in
August. Before taking a full-time
job she served as an on-call mas
sage therapist for UNL in August
1996.
Patt said she chose massage
therapy at Nebraska Wesleyan
University after taking a massage
therapy class for a physical educa
tion requirement. She said mas
sage therapy provided several
things she wanted in a future job.
“I wanted to work with athletes
and be involved in business,” Patt
said.
In 1991, she opened
Relaxation Station in Lincoln. She
operated that business until the
demand at UNL was too great.
So far, Patt has received a good
grade from at least one of her
patients.
“She is one of the better ones
that I’ve had work on my leg this
year,” Comiffe said.
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The Accused
Arrested
for possession
of a controlled
substance and
possession
with intent to
deliver.
Beltan-Gastelum
Arrested
for possession
of a controlled
substance and
possession
with intent to
deliver.
Cited for
possession of
marij uana,
less than an
ounce.
DeRock
Arrested on
warrents in
Lancaster and
Saunders coun
ties. Police also
found two
plastic bags of
methampheta
mine on him,
one in the
Yh police cruiser,
TDarra the other in jail.
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