Two suspected of meth
possession apprehended
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By Jake Bleed
Senior staff writer
Lincoln police arrests two peo
ple on suspicion of possession of
methamphetamine early Thursday
morning after one suspect called an
apartment being searched by police
and offered to come over and “help
out,” officer Katherine Finnell said.
Travis Stutzman, 29, and Michelle
Guilliatt, 27, were both arrested on
suspicion of possession of a con
trolled substance and possession with
intent to deliver.
Police searched an apartment in
the 1300 block of C Street around 3
a.m. after a drug dog following a man
who fled from an accident led police
Police were invited into the apart
ment after knocking, Finnell saidand
saw drugs inside. A search warrant
apartment, the phone rang, Finnell
said.
A police officer answered the
phone. A man at file other end of the
telephone asked the officer if the resi
dent of the apartment was home,
Finnell said.
The officer said no. The man then
asked if the resident drove to Grand
Island and, after the officer said yes,
the man said he had just come from
Grand Island. ‘ -
The man then asked if many peo
ple were in the apartment and if he
could come over to “help out?’
Stutzman and Guilliatt arrived at
the apartment a short time later. Police
searched the two and found drugs on
- both.
Court documents said Stutzman
was carrying 22.3 grams of metham
phetamine in his right front shirt pock
et.
Stutzman told police the lump in
his shirt pocket was “my dope,” court
documents said.
Court documents also said 15
grams of methamphetamine were
found in Guilliatt’s jacket and purse.
The 27-year-old told police that
Stutzman told her to carry the drug,
according to court documents.
Guilliatt was held on a 10 percent
of $5,000 bond, and Stutzman was
held on a 10 percent of $7,500 bond.
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place, and he pointed to an accident
that happened there recently.
A UNL student was hit by a
freight train at 14th and New
Hampshire streets Oct. 2 while he
was sitting on the tracks early in the
morning. Police have said he may
have been drunk.
James Jurgens, 21, of Firth, had
his leg cut off 8 inches below the
right knee, according to police
reports.
Events such as the Nebraska
State Fair, which takes place just
north of where the tracks are, creates
an unfortunate situation for children
walking back from the fair,
Uhrenholdt said. -
“At die State F*ir with the little
kids, or with otherhigevents over
there where the
across, it creates i
ard,” he said. p
Uhrenhoidt with the
other students that traffic during the
week near the crossing was consid
erably higher.
“The timing is usually Worse;
during the week for students,” he£
said.
Said the Burlington Northem
Santa Fe spokesman about his com
pany’s train schedules: “Obviously a
train has to operate at that area dur
ing conflict time. There’s no way we
can afford just to shut down.”
Marc Miller, a junior advertising
major, said foe railway company -
needed to look for ways to stop con
>Vl4th and New
week.
[ build a bridge
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or something,” Miller said. If
- He said he and his roommate
were frequently late to classes
because of the trains. :J7
Uhrenholdt said the trains posted
problems other than pedestrian
related ones. £
j ‘They can present a pretty goad
hindrance to die bus routes,” he said.
“The buses often have to wait for the
trains to pass by.” ~
3f The Burlington Northern-Sent?
Fe official said the problemrnear
14th and New Hampshire was most
ly because of how far the campus
extended. £ n#
“The campus is right next to the
major Corridor and terming which
is a main corridor east of Lincoln,”
he Said. “It just has jtbdo widi the
demographic population density j$t
the university).” * - ^
Student charged with
motor vehicle homicide
Robert Mullin, a 21-year-old
University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dent, was charged in Lancaster
County Court on Wednesday with
motor vehicle homicide.
The student was arrested Sept. 3
after he allegedly caused an accident
on N.W. 48* Street, in which a 15
year-old girl was killed.
Police said Mullin tried unsuc
cessfully to pass a car carrying the
15-year-old and her 16-year-old sis
ter on N. W. 48* Street but turned
back at the last moment, knocking the
teen-agers’ car into an oncoming
delivery truck.
Tawni Perez was killed in the
accident. Her older sister, Mikela,
suffered minor injuries.
Mullin was arrested at the scene
on suspicion of driving under the
influence of alcohol.
Police say man knocked
woman down, stole purse
A 6-foot man knocked a 38-year
old woman down near the intersec
tion of 11th and H streets and took her
purse Wednesday evening, Officer
Katherine Finnell said.
The woman held on to her purse
as she fell but, after a brief struggle,
the purse’s strap broke, and the man
fled, Finnell said.
The woman did not suffer major
injuries in the attack and lost $19,
Finnell said.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Bleed
Environmental planning
series continues Saturday
From staff reports
The second conference in a three
part series about environmental
issues will be held Saturday at the
Nebraska East Union from 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.
The conference, titled “Planning
with Vision,” will focus on current
trends in sustainable development
practices, including planning, zon
ing, natural resource management
and economic development.
“It’s about smart growth, the dif
ference between urban sprawl and
planned development,” said Cecil
Steward, dean of the College of
Architecture.
Speakers for the day include
Jeffrey Johnson, former Omaha met
ropolitan planning director; Jason
McLennan, a Kansas City architect
who specializes in “green” projects;
and Anita Bahe, whose North
Carolina firm advises developers on
environmental issues.
The conference, which is co
sponsored by the Lincoln Wachiska
Audubon Society, will be opened by
Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely.
“I would encourage any students
to come who have an interest in com
munity affairs, urban planning, legal
issues or just being involved in their
community,” Steward said.
The cost of admission, which
includes lunch at the union, is $ 15 for
students and $30 for all others.
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Appeals court upholds
ruling against ordinance
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tions in Omaha. He no longer does.
The ordinance, which required
protesters to remain 50 feet from
churches 30 minutes before and after
services, was approved by the City
Council in September 1998.
The council voted to override a
veto attempt by then-Mayor Mike
Johanns in the same month.
U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf
of Lincoln ruled the city ordinance
was unconstitutional in November
1998, triggering an appeal by the City
Council.
Judge Myron Bright disagreed
with Thursday’s appeals court deci
sion.
“The government’s interest here is
substantial, the nature and scope of the
ordinance make the prohibition nar
rowly tailored and die protesters retain
ample alternative channels of commu
nication,” he wrote. Jr
“The City Council Of Lincoln has
enacted a wise and fair ordinance.”
Attorney Daniel Klaus, whp,repre
sented the city, said the appeals court's
ruling was surprising and disappoint
ing. S
. “We thought it was a very narrow
ly tailored ordinance that should’ve
survived constitutional scrutiny,”
Klaus said.
The City Council can petition to
the U S. Supreme Court to view the
ruling, Klaus said, or try to draft a new
ordinance that fib within die appeals
court’s ruling.
Lincoln Right To Life representa
tive Marilyn Olmersaid the ordinance
would have affected her ofganization’S
distribution of anti-abortion informa
tion outside churches.
“The city ordinance could’ve
infringed upon our right to do that,”
Olmer said. “Abortion involves life
and death. It’s very important for peo
ple to be informed.”
Olmer said her group distributed
anti-abortion information outside
churches before elections.
Sandy Danek, also with Lincoln
Right To Life, while being pleased
with the ruling, said she was “not at all
surprised.”
Danek said the ruling targeted
anti-abortion protesters.
“Our concern came from repre
senting the Lincoln pro-life communi
ty,” she said. “We saw it in the broader
picture.”
Danek said Lincoln Right to Life
did support the protesters’ right to free
speech.
“I’m not saying Lincoln Right to
Life felt comfortable with the tactics
being used,” Danek said. “We would,
of course, be supportive of their free
speech activities even though we
would not take part in that activity.”
Carl Horton, associate pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
said he was disappointed with the rul
ing.
“The need (for the ordinance) is
still there; it’s just a matter of crafting
the language so it can withstand a con
stitutional challenge,” Horton said.
Rescue the Heartland protesters,
along with other anti-abortion groups,
stopped picketing outside die church
after the abortion clinic Crabb worked
inclosed
Crabb will end his term as elder of
the church this year, Horton said, less
ening the chance the church will be
targeted by protesters.
“We fortunately really are not in
the same situation we were in when we
sought the ordnance,” Horton said
“Our congregation has gotten beyond
this”