Teen shooting suspects
released from custody
r By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
Two Iowa teen-agers arrested after a
shooting near Lincoln High School on
Thursday were released from the Youth
Attention Center on Friday.
Gary Lacey, Lancaster County dis
trict attorney, said the case against the
two wasn’t strong enough.
“What we’ve been given so far in
the investigation has not been suffi
cient,” Lacey said.
Kyle Nguyen, 17, of Sioux City,
Iowa, was arrested on suspicion of first
degree assault with a weapon and mak
ing terroristic threats.
A Sioux City 15-year-old was
arrested with Nguyen and charged with
aiding in the consummation of a felony.
The shooting took place around 1
p.m. in the 2300 block of J Street -
across from one of Lincoln High
School's parking lots - on Thursday,
said Lincoln Police officer Katherine
Finnell.
Police Capt. A1 Soukup said
Nguyen fired a pistol at two men who
stopped and exited their car in front of a
house on J Street.
Finnell said the two stopped the car
because “looks” were exchanged with
Nguyen and another teen. After Nguyen
exchanged insults with the two men, the
15-year-old ran into the house and
returned with a gun, which he gave to
Nguyen, Soukup said.
Nguyen then fired four to six shots
at the pair, Soukup said.
No injuries were reported in the
shooting.
Lacey said evidence compiled
against both boys was inconsistent and
would not hold up in court. Lacey said
witnesses identified three different sus
pects, and police found no corroborat
ing evidence confirming a shooting.
Police have not seized a weapon in
connection with the shooting, Lacey
said, and no shell casings were found.
Faculty wants say on budget decisions
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By Josh Knaub
Staff writer
The Academic Senate passed a res
olution on Tuesday calling for future
UNL budget reallocations to be
reviewed by faculty through a universi
ty committee.
The measure was drafted in reaction
to what the resolution called a mini
mized role for faculty in last year’s real
location process.
Earlier in the meeting, Chancellor
James Moeser said the last reallocation
had focused too much on weak pro
grams.
“We need to focus on our strengths,”
Moeser said.
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He added that if the university did
not identify priorities and strong pro
grams, it would be “shooting our
wounded on the field” by cutting impor
tant programs indiscriminately.
The senate also delayed action on a
resolution that would require adminis
trators to include maintenance and oper
ating expenses in cost projections for
new buildings.
After changing the wording of the
current resolution, the senate will
reconsider the matter Oct. 5.
Another issue addressed at the
meeting was campus mail delivery, j
Mail delivery to departments has
been cut from twice a day to once a day.
A UNL Mail and Distribution Services
memo indicated that personal mail
would no longer be distributed to facul
ty
Vice Chancellor for Business and
Finance Melvin Jones told the senate
that mail services would not screen for
personal mail.
Fie said the policy, intended to
reduce the amount of “junk mail” han
dled by mail services, would be impos
sible, if not illegal, to cany out.
Jones said mail services was work
ing with Nancy Rapoport, dean of the
NU College of Law, to draft a policy that
would both ease the burden of mail ser
vices and be within the law.
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Gouncil approves
community board
appointments
■ Despite vocal
opposition to appointee
Shirley Marsh, the
council confirmed her
placement with a 4-2 vote.
By Josh Knaub
Staff writer
The Lincoln City Council on
Tuesday confirmed Mayor Don
Wesely’s appointments to two com
munity boards despite vocal oppo
sition to one appointee.
Controversy surrounded the
appointment of Shirley Marsh to
the Board of Trustees for the
Comfnunity Health Endowment*
Opponents objected that
Marsh, a former state senator from
southeast Lincoln’s 29th district,
was a,vocal supporter of Planned
Parenthood and would use her posi
tion on the board to help fund the
organization.
Robert Valentine, one of seven
citizens who testified against
Marsh’s appointment, urged the
council not to confirm anyone who
supported Planned Parenthood,
which he said was a “scary, under
handed, multinational, money
grubbing organization.”
Sandy Danek, president of
Lincoln Right to Life, said Marsh
was an abortion activist and that her
appointment would divide the city
over abortion.
Councilwoman Annette McRoy
asked Danek why an appointee’s
views on abortion should disquali
fy that candidate.
Danek said abortion views
should not necessarily be consid
ered in appointment to the board
but that Marsh’s activism would
make Planned Parenthood funding
an issue on the board.
Terry Kubicek was the only per
son to testify in favor of Marsh’s
appointment.
“It would seem that the commu
nity is big enough, the endowment
board is strong enough, to deal with
any controversy (caused by the
appointment),” Kubicek said.
The council voted 4-2 to con
firm Marsh with members Cindy
Johnson and Jeff Fortenberry
opposed.
Councilman Jerry Shoecraft
was absent.
The appointments of Helen
Boosalis, Mike Alesio, and Clay
Smith were confirmed 6-0.
Wesely’s appointments of Patte
Newman, Linda Hunter and
Tommy Taylor to the Lincoln
Lancaster County Planning
Commission were also confirmed
6-0.
In other action, the council
voted to re-establish a joint data
processing division with the coun
ty
The division will jointly
process city and county informa
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UNL student accused of DWI,
motor vehicle homicide
The 21-year-old UNL student
arrested after an accident on
Northwest 48th Street on Friday was
arraigned Saturday. He paid $2,500
bail on a charge of driving while
intoxicated, court records said.
Robert Mullin of Ralston is
accused of driving while intoxicated
and felony motor vehicle homicide in
connection with the three-car acci
dent that killed a 15-year-old Lincoln
High School student Friday at 4:46
p.m. He is scheduled to appear in
court on Qct. 13 at 10:30 a.m.
Lancaster County Attorney Gary
Lacey said police are continuing their
investigation.
Mullin is suspected of colliding
with the rear of a car driven by
Mikela Perez, 16. Her sister, Tawni,
15, was a passenger.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Sgt.
Robert Marker said the collision
caused tlfe car to swerve sideways
into the path of an oncoming delivery
truck.
Tawni Perez died at the scene, and
Mikela wa^ released this weekend
from BryanLGH West with minor
injuries. MullinVas not injured in the
iccident.
The suspect works at the
Dverland Station where manager
Byron Bloom said he was scheduled
o work at 4:30 p.m. the day of the
iccident. /
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Man accused of violating
anti-enticement measure
A 44-year-old Lincoln man was
arrested Monday after he allegedly
invited an 11 -year-old girl to get into his
car, Police Capt. David Beggs said.
Jamil A. Al-Dhahiry was cited for
child enticement - which became a
Class I misdemeanor on Aug. 28 - after
police contacted him at his home in the
500 block of North 28th Street.
Al-Dhahiry approached the girl at
3Lst and S streets, about a block from
the girl’s home, Beggs said, and asked
her to get into his car.
The girl refused, Beggs said, and
tpld a nearby adult of the incident. The
adult recorded the license plate number
of Al-Dhahiry’s car and contacted
police. 1
Beggs said Al-Dhahiry has nd pre
vious criminal record in Lincoln.
Sponsored by Sen. Kermit Brashear
of Omaha, LB49 outlawed enticing
children younger than 14 into a vehicle
without permission from a guardian.
If an individual has a sexual assault
of a &hik} conviction or kidnapping con
viction on his record and is charged
with enticement of a child, the crime
becomes a Class IV felony.
The Legislature passed the bill on
March 25, and Gov. Mike Johanns
signed it March 31.
A similar incident took place July
26 at Holmes Lake before the imple
mentation of LB 49, said officer
Katherine Finnell.
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Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Bleed
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