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Filial SUSpedS found Welcome Back Students! in apartment break-in Need Cheap Parking? By Jake Bleed • b Senior staff writer Lincoln police arrested the remain ing two of the three men suspected of invading two east Lincoln apartments and exchanging gunfire with a resident Aug. 16. ;, Police said Jason Witmer, 23, and Jtwan Overstreet, 20, were arrested this week for kidnapping, robbery and bur glary. A third man, Kenneth Barnes, 20, was arrested Aug. 17 and charged with , robbery, kidnapping and felon in pos session of a firearm. Officer Katherine Finnell said Witmer was arrested at 11 a.m. Tuesday after being released from BryanLGH East. Witmer was hospitalized until Tuesday morning after being shot in the abdomen, right hand and left arm by the resident of one of the apartments the three suspects are accused of invading, Finnell said. Overstreet was picked up at about 3 a.m. Wednesday walking near the inter section of 16th and H streets, Finnell said. After the attack, police had Overstreet’s identity and were on the lookout for him, Capt. Gary Engel said. Finnell said the close timing of Overstreet’s arrest and Witmer’s release from BryanLGH East were coincidental. The three men are being accused in the break-in of two apartments on the 100 block of Wedgewood Drive. After kicking down the door of one building, the three allegedly held a 56 year-old woman at gunpoint and took her driver’s license and a credit card, Finnell said. Engel said the three suspects asked to speak to a man named Bob. After being told that no one named Bob lived at the residence, Witmer, Overstreet and Barnes then allegedly forced the 56 year-old to step next door, Engel said. After the three allegedly forced their way into a second apartment, Engel said, the apartment’s resident exchanged fire with the intruders, wounding Witmer in the process. Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady said police did not have a confirmed motive for the attack but said the daugh Overstreet Witmer ter of the 44-year-old woman sleeping in the second apartment was a friend of the suspects. No weapons were recovered in the arrests. Overstreet had been previously found guilty on two counts of assault and one count of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana after being arrested in December 1998 in Lincoln. Witmer had been convicted on two counts of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in March and May of 1995, also in Lincoln. *%® s Your Student Project Center.; 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week. • Exceptional Quality of Full Color and Black & White Copies • Self Serve Macintosh & IBM Computers • Full Color or Black & White Laser Prints From IBM or Macintosh • Custom Designed Resumes, Logos, Presentations, and More - • Binding of Reports/Presentations • Digital Oversize Copies • Fax Service, Authorized Fed-Ex Ship Center • Premium Paper & Envelopes . . ' ■' * ' : ~ V \ v V \ V V* \ \ \ V \ \ \ V ■ - D —— ~ Semester Special! September-December <R«n nn Park by Day $2.00 Park by Month $25 Enter at 8th & S Streets, 1 block-west of Memorial Stadium National Garages, Gold Galleria, Suite 120 • 474-2274 Georges Red Pepper Grid $.25 tacos EVERY SUNDAY Freshly fried com tortilla shell stuffed with seasoned ground beef, lettuce, and REAI cheese. Topped off with one of George’s three tasty salsas....mild, spicy, mofo (hot). Sour cream ins an additional . 10 cents per taco. •GeOROFS1" Fj±lcty N %ht BBQ i'j : ! A‘0-.n- ■ <’: 4pm - 10pm Ribs (Pork, Alligator, Wild Boar), Smoked Pork Sandwiches, BBQ Beef Brisket, Smoked Chicken and Fried Frog Legs. Portions are large and the food is tastv. mm peppep, sm* i31T N iOfh 435-5600 i$r.0o“off any I 1 BBQ Platter. ■ •______ _ r__i^_!■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ... HAPP,Y BIRTHDAY 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY AUG 28TH FREE FOOD BUFFET!! ,, $5.10 BOTTLES OF CHEAP CHAMPAIGN $2.10 PITCHERS OF BEER $1.10 MOST CALLS SHOTS & BEER SPAUL PHILLIPS 10 -CLOSE Of course there is a cover charge, but we’re not telling 1 _you how much! $$ Students, get your tickets while Student Football Ticket*, Some student tickets are still available (6 home games). Student $110; Spouse $220 Student Migration: Sept. 25 vs. Missouri Starting Mon., Aug. 30, students can order A their student migration tickets for $37 each, fl Any full-time UNL student with a valid student^ ID may participate. First-come, first-served. Tickets can be picked up on Sept. 20, 1999. Men’s Basketball Student Season Tickets for $25 You can’t beat this price. Come to the Ticket Office and get your season tickets while they last. Student $25; Spouse $100/ Athletic Ticket Office • 625 Stadium Drive • 472