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I Two charged with robberies
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Juveniles also could face other allegations
By Josh Funk
Senior Reporter
Two Lincoln juveniles were charged
with attempted murder and nine other
crimes in connec
tion with two April
5 shooting rob
beries and other
crimes.
Eric Phillippi,
17, and Justin
Gonzales, 16, were
arrested over the
weekend on multi
Phillippi ?lef charges,
including two con
venience store rob
beries, one in
which a clerk was
shot
Both Phillippi
and Gonzales were
charged with
attempted murder,
attempted robbery,
Gonzales robbery and three
counts of the use of a weapon to commit
a felony for the two April 5 robberies.
Gonzales also was charged with two
counts of discharging a weapon at an
occupied dwelling and the accompany
ing use-of-a-weapon-to-commit-a
felony charges for drive-by shootings.
Phillippi faces similar charges of
shooting into an occupied house and
criminal mischief for two other drive-by
shootings and the two accompanying
use-of-a-weapon charges.
Police believe Gonzales and
Phillippi may have been involved in sev
eral other crimes; additional charges
could be filed.
A ballistics examiner with the
Nebraska State Patrol Crime Lab
matched shell casings from the two rob
beries.
One robbery, at the Kwik Shop, 33rd
and Holdredge streets, included shots
fired into the ceiling, Lincoln Police
Chief Tom Casady said. No one was
injured in the robbery, which occurred
just before midnight on April 5.
About a half-hour later, another rob
bery occurred at the Gas ‘N Shop, 5560
S. 48th St., at 12:29 a.m. on April 6.
Angela Bellew, 22, the clerk during
the Gas ‘N Shop robbery, was shot
twice, once in the lower back and once
in the cheek during the robbery.
She was released from the hospital
last week.
Additional ballistics examinations
linked shell casings from the robberies
to those found at a March 14 drive-by
shooting at 1340 N. 26th St
Casady said Gonzales and Phillippi
were suspects in the drive-by shooting,
which connected them to the robberies.
Once Phillippi and Gonzales were
identified as suspects, Casady said
approximately 25 officers and detec
tives, including the SWAT team, were
used to locate the suspects.
With the assistance of the State
Patrol helicopter, officers located
Gonzales Thursday after he left a
friend’s house around midnight. The
house is four houses away from the
scene of the March drive-by shooting.
Gonzales and another juvenile left
in a car with stolen license plates, which
were taken during in an April 6 Lincoln
theft
When surveillance officers called
marked police units to stop die vehicle
near 27th and Holdredge streets,
Gonzales, die driver, fled.
During the pursuit speeds reached
60 to 70 mph before police ended the
chase near 16th and K streets because of
public risk.
One of the people in the car
Gonzales was driving threw a .22-cal
iber pistol out of die window during the
pursuit and the pistol was later recov
ered, Casady said.
Gonzales was arrested shortly after
i
midnight Friday morning when he
returned to another house under surveil
lance by the police.
While police were pursuing
Gonzales, other officers were called to
the scene of a drive-by shooting on the
1200 block of Arapahoe Street where a
car belonging to an associate of
Phillippi was shot several times.
Through ballistics research on ■
Friday, police linked the 9 mm shells
from Thursday’s drive-by shooting to |
the attempted robbery and attempted
murder at the Gas ‘N Shop.
Shells from the recovered .22-cal- j
iber pistol matched casings from the
Kwik Shop robbery where shots were *
fired into the ceiling.
Early Saturday, surveillance offi
cers watching a house on the 3600block *
of Diablo Drive determined Phillippi j
was there and surrounded the house.
Phillippi apparently realized he was
surrounded, called the police and agreed
to give himself up peacefully, Casady
said.
Phillippi and Gonzales are being
held on $500,000 bonds. Preliminary
hearings have been scheduled for May |
19 for Phillippi and May 20 for >i
Gonzales. I
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■" Hie Pre-Law Club invites you to attend tieir next meeting wilh guest speaker "
Harvey Perlman
Dean, Nebraska College of Law
Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
115 Burnett Hall
Refreshments Served
All Students are welcome
Sponsored by
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It’s a free graduation party
for all seniors graduating in May, August or
December of 1998! j
Tuesday, April 21
6:00 -10:00 p.m.
Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R Street
RSVP required by April 15. Call 472-2841.
Free barbecue dinner 6:30 - 7:30 Free beer and soda
Music by the Lincoln Stars own Craig Estudillo
Dancing, door prizes and alumni connections
Please bring proper identification with you. This event is open to graduating
seniors 21 and over only. Graduating seniors under 21 should contact the alumni
association for a graduation gift
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