Hearing continues
for homeless man
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
A homeless man accused of stab
bing a Lincoln woman in April is still
involved in preliminary hearings for
murder charges
against him.
Austin
DeHaas, 28, faces
charges of first
degree murder and
the use of a
weapon to commit
a felony in the
stabbing death of
61-year-old
Barbara Reid.
In April, DeHaas was arrested in
Kimball two days after Reid was found
dead in her Lincoln apartment on the
1900 block of F Street
Police were called to Reid’s apart
ment by friends who had been unable to
contact her for several days.
The officer found Reid’s body in her
bed with the covers pulled over her face
and a stab wound in her chest.
Police reports state that DeHaas had
been living with Reid off and on during
the weeks prior to her death.
Reid’s phone records show calls
DeHaas made to a friend in Kimball, a
girlfriend in Salt Lake City and his
mother in San Antonio.
Police contacted all the people that
had been called from Reid’s apartment
and determined their relationship to
Reid and DeHaas.
Alfred Walker, a friend of DeHaas,
told police DeHaas said he was staying
with a woman named Barbara.
DeHaas also tried to sell a television
and videocassette recorder from Reid’s
apartment for $30, police said.
Friends of Reid who had tried to call
her told police that DeHaas had
answered the phone and told them that
Reid was passed out after drinking half
a bottle of vodka.
Before DeHaas left Lincoln, he
went to Walker’s apartment, where he
showered and shaved his mustache off.
In interviews with DeHaas’s moth
er, Ardeth Aure, police learned DeHaas
has had problems with depression and
drinking, but Aure said he has never
hurt anyone.
Nelson returns from Asia
both export and import markets,”
By TODD ANDERSON Nelson said before leaving Aug. 9.
Senior staff writer “It’s important for Nebraska pro
- ducers, companies and business leaders
Add Gov. Ben Nelson to the list of to maintain existing contacts and make
thousands of people returning to new contacts through face-to-face
Lincoln this week. meetings” he said.
But rather than returning from his Nelson has traveled to the Asian
parents’ home or a summer internship, nations, as well as Mexico, Chile and
the governor is back from a trip through Argentina, to discuss trade deals result
Japan, China and Hong Kong. ing in more than $47 million worth of
Nelson returned Wednesday from international sales and investment,
his 11th trade mission since he became according to reports from business
governor in January 1991. leaders who attended past meetings.
Nelson spent 10 days meeting with In 1997 Nebraska exported $592
Asian government officials and busi- million worth of products to Japan and
ness leaders to boost trade between the $44 million to China and Hong Kong,
two regions. Nelson said it is important to make
“China and Japan are countries that connections with Asian businesses
are consistently strong for Nebraska in despite the region’s weakened markets.
Driver may be charged
Head injuries caused the death of
a 14-year-old boy who was riding his
skateboard behind a car Aug. 11, and
now the Lancaster County attorney
is considering charges against the
16-year-old driver.
Cody Essman of Dewitt died
Sunday night in the hospital because
of head injuries he sustained in the
accident.
Essman was riding his skate
board and holding onto the back of a
car driven by a 16-year-old, Lincoln
Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said.
The car was driving north on 67th
Street near Plumwood Lane at about
15 mph when Essman’s board hit the
car, causing him to fall, Heermann
said.
Essman was taken to the hospital
to treat what were believed to be
minor injuries.
The driver of the car was ticketed
for having someone clinging to his
car.
Robber stabbed by victim
A would-be robber was thwarted
by an armed victim Sunday night.
A 17-year-old boy from
Elmwood was driving south on 12th
Street, and when he stopped at K
Street, a man with a 5-inch knife
jumped into the passenger seat and
motioned for him to stop the car,
Heermann said.
The man then told the driver to
get out of the car.
As the driver got out, he grabbed
two knives from his door compart
ment and walked around to the front
of the car.
When the man came toward the
driver, the two scuffled, and the dri
ver cut the man across the stomach,
Heermann said.
Then the driver got into his car
and left. When police arrived, the
man was gone.
The man did not show up at an
emergency room, and the extent of
his injuries is unknown.
Man arrested for possession
An argument on the street led
police officers to arrest a man carry
ing crack cocaine and a handgun
Sunday.
Officers in the area of 24th and U
streets heard yelling and saw two
men pushing each other at 2:30 a.m.
Sunday, Heermann said.
The officers stopped the men at
23rd and Vine streets after they had
entered their car.
When officers approached the
car and saw a pistol box lying at the
passenger’s feet, they asked the dri
ver to get out of the car.
The 24-year-old man got out and
ran.
As police chased the driver, they
saw him discard several small plastic
bags, five of which were later recov
ered, containing what was suspected
to be crack cocaine, which weighed
a little more than a half gram.
After the driver was apprehend
ed, police searched his car, where
they found a loaded 9 mm pistol
under the driver’s seat.
The driver is charged with pos
session of a controlled substance,
possession with the intent to deliver
and possession of a firearm while
possessing a controlled substance.
No charges were filed against
the passenger.
Minors cited for alcohol
Eight minors were cited with
alcohol in a Harper Residence Hall
room Tuesday.
Community Services Officers
came upon the party in a 10th floor
room just after midnight Tuesday
morning as part of their regular
rounds, University Police Sgt. Mylo
Bushing said.
Officers knocked, and when the
resident opened the door, they
smelled alcohol and saw several
people in the room holding plastic
cups.
When questioned, the five men
and three women in the room admit
ted they had been drinking and pro
duced a 1.75 liter bottle of whiskey,
two-thirds full.
Seven of the eight are freshmen
at UNL, and the eighth is a Lincoln
resident.
Girl suffers BB wounds
A16-year-old girl who wanted to
know what it felt like to be shot with
a BB gun wound up with a BB
lodged above her eye.
The girl was with three boys who
were shooting BB guns Aug. 10 in
the 1800 block of Thomasville
Avenue, Heermann said.
The victim asked one of the boys
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was out of BBs, so the other two,
ages 9 and 13, started shooting her
repeatedly at close range, Heermann
said.
Though she was hit in the face,
arms and legs, the girl did not go to
the emergency room until two days
later, when she started having
headaches, Heermann said.
Doctors found a BB lodged in
the orbital bone above her left eye.
She was referred to a specialist for
treatment.
Police referred the two boys to
juvenile services for the shooting.
Compiled by Senior Staff
Writer Josh Funk
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