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’ 1510 Q St. 477-3997
All Nations Church Of
The Lord Jesus Christ
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Pastor Edward C. Price
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Associate professor denies
indecent exposure charge
Victim identifies Ronald Bartels by license plate
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
A UNL faculty member was
arrested for indecent exposure
Wednesday morning.
The arrest came after a motorist
allegedly saw Ronald Bartels mastur
bating at 10:45 a.m. as they both
drove south on Ninth Street, Lincoln
Police Officer Kathy Finnell said.
Shocked, the motorist copied
down Bartels’ license plate number
and called police.
But Bartels, an associate profes
sor of graphic arts, Thursday night
denied that he had even been arrested.
“I was certainly not driving
around town masturbating,” the 50
year-old Bartels said. “It was not me
in the car.”
However, police and jail records
state that it was Bartels.
A police citation said that officers
went to Bartels’ house, 3061W St., at
12:15 p.m. on Wednesday and arrest
edhim.
Jail records confirm that Bartels
was in custody for a few hours
Wednesday afternoon.
When contacted at home
Thursday, Bartels said that police had
come to his house on Wednesday, but
did not cite or arrest him.
“(Officers) said that I matched
the description (of the masturbator),”
Bartels said, “but I certainly was not
there.”
The dean of the College of Fine
and Performing Arts, Richard Durst,
was in meetings Thursday afternoon
and unavailable for comment.
The alleged incident started on I
180 southbound when Bartels
honked to get the attention of the vic
tim, Finnell said.
The victim told police he looked
but did not recognize Bartels. The
victim did not look again until they
reached Ninth and Q streets, and
Bartels honked again.
That time, police said the victim
saw Bartels holding his penis and
masturbating.
Police said both cars continued
south almost to Van Dorn Street when
Bartels pulled in front of the other
driver, and then the other driver
recorded Bartels’ license plate num
ber.
In recent weeks indecent expo
sures have received a lot of publicity
in the wake of the March 21 sexual
assault of an 8-year-old boy in south
Lincoln.
Police believe the man implicated
in that assault is responsible for five
recent indecent exposures in the area.
Now police are working to make
sure that every indecent exposure is
known to the community.
Bartels, who had oral surgery on
Thursday, was scheduled to be out of
the office until next Tuesday.
It is unclear what effect these alle
gations will have, but Bartels main
tains his denials.
“This is a very heinous thing to be
accused of, and I certainly was not
there.”
Man still in critical care
after Wednesday accident
The man who was hit by a pick
up truck while crossing 10th Street
Wednesday afternoon remained in
critical condition Thursday night.
Hospital officials said 32-year
old David Green’s condition had
remained unchanged since he was
brought in.
A 16-year-old driver, north
bound on 10th Street, hit Green and
propelled him into eastbound P
Street traffic.
Witnesses said the 16-year-old
ran a red light. Police had not cited
anyone as of Thursday morning.
Arby’s employees robbed
at gunpoint
Three Arby’s employees were
greeted by a gunman in the parking
lot as they closed the restaurant
early Thursday morning.
The shift manager and two
employees were forced back inside
the 3500 Comhusker Highway store
at 1:15 a.m. at gunpoint, Lincoln
Police Officer Kathy Finnell said.
Inside the store, the robber, clad
in a black-hooded sweatshirt, large
sunglasses, a blue bandanna and
blue pants, ordered the employees
to aim security cameras away from
him.
The employees gave the robber
money from the cash drawers and a
bank bag. Then the robber fled.
A late-model red Ford Ranger
was seen leaving the area just after
the robbery.
Thursday night police were still
looking for the 5 foot, 8 inch, 150
170 pound man. Witnesses could
not determine the robber’s race.
Police surprise burglar
Police arrested a burglar early
Thursday after a homeowner heard
a bump in the night.
When the officer arrived at the
house on the 6000 block of
Rosebud Circle to check out the
noise the 41-year-old resident
heard, the officer found a burglar
prying on the back door, Finnell
said.
Two windows had been broken
out in the basement door, and the
door had been pried, unsuccessfully.
When the burglar saw the offi
cer, he fled over fences and through
yards before trying to hide under a
shrub in a neighbor’s yard.
The officer caught up with the
burglar under the shrub and found
him with glass cutters, a screwdriv
er, a flashlight and two knives.
The 26-year-old man was
arrested for burglary, possession of
burglar’s tools, resisting arrest and
trespassing.
Compiled by senior staff
writer Josh Funk
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