Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • A8

A8 Tuesday, OcTOber 2, 2018 LincoLn JournaL Star 00 1 AT A GLANCE Man hits store owner, takes rings Police are looking for a man who assaulted an owner of a central Lincoln jewelry store, then took rings, a Lincoln police spokeswoman said. The man knocked on the door of PL Jewelers at 3031 St. at 9:30 a.m. Monday and asked if staff could re- pair a piece of his jewelry, Capt. Jeri Roeder said.

The store open yet, but one of the two owners let him inside. The man reached into his pocket and ordered one of the owners to give him money, but one said he have any, Roeder said. The other owner ran from the store as the suspect hit the owner over the head with an unknown object. That owner locked himself in the office while the rob- ber broke a glass case and took an unknown number of rings before leaving. Police had only a general description of the robber.

Free fitness classes to continue The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department an- nounced Monday that the free fitness programs that started in May will continue through the end of the year. Yoga classes are offered at noon Wednesdays at the Jayne Snyder Trails Center, 228 N. 21st from Oct. 10 through Dec. 12.

Zumba dance classes are offered at 5:30 p.m. Thurs- days at the Street Community Center, 1225 from Thursday through Dec. 27 (no class on Nov. 2.) No preregistration is required. Participants should wear appropriate clothing for yoga or dance activities and bring a towel or mat for yoga class.

Four names submitted A state nominating commission has submitted four finalists to Gov. Pete Ricketts to replace a Nebraska dis- trict court judge who died. The finalists announced Monday are seeking to replace the late Douglas County District Judge Mark Ashford, who died Aug. 1 after suffering a stroke. The finalists are Patrick R.

Guinan, Thomas K. Har- mon, James M. Masteller and Andrew J. Wilson, all of Omaha. Guinan and Wilson are private-practice attor- neys.

Harmon is a county judge, and Masteller is a pros- ecutor in the Douglas County office. The 66-year-old Ashford was the brother of former U.S. Rep. Brad Ashford of Omaha. The finalist who is chosen will serve in the Fourth Ju- dicial District, which is Douglas County.

Runners honor slain Iowa student BROOKLYN, Iowa Several hundred runners gathered in the hometown of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tib- betts over the weekend to honor her memory with a run. run helped raise more than $20,000. The money will benefit University of Iowa students studying psychiatry. Mollie older brother, Jake Tibbetts, encour- aged participants to enjoy the run the way his sister would have. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, vanished while out for a run in Brooklyn on July 18.

Her body was found in a cornfield more than a month later. A 24-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in stabbing death. LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star A grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement in the death of Subramanyam Raja- gopal, who shot himself during a standoff with Lin- coln police last March. New details came to light in the report filed in Lancaster County District Court late this summer. Lincoln Police Investiga- tor Robert Hurley testified that about 6 p.m.

March 24, a woman called 911 to request help at a home on Gertie Avenue, just north of South 40th Street and Nebraska 2, saying Rajago- pal had threatened her with a knife and a gun. He was inside when po- lice got there. They set a pe- rimeter, closed off Nebraska 2 and began trying to nego- tiate with him to come out peacefully. Hurley said Rajago- pal came out of the house twice during the standoff. The first time he stepped right back inside.

The sec- ond time, he sat down with a phone in one hand and a beer in the other. After a short time, he stood up, said and went back inside. Mario Robinson, the SWAT team leader, said Rajagopal had been too far away to consider using a Taser and had gone inside before officers could try a police dog or a less-lethal munition. By about 10:20 p.m., the SWAT team had deployed a robot through a kitchen window. Shortly after, officers heard five gunshots.

When they sent the robot down- stairs, they could see that Rajagopal, who was alone in the house by then, had been shot. Police determined the 62-year-old Lincoln man had fired two shots into the ceiling and shot himself three times, according to the report. Rajagopal had worked at the Department of Correc- tional Services as a psychol- ogist until resigning in 2010. The grand jury deter- mined that his death was the result of a suicide and not caused by any criminal wrongdoing. reach the writer at 402-473- 7237 or com.

On Twitter Grand jury finds no criminal wrongdoing Ruling comes after Lincoln standoff death LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR The driver whose car hit and dragged a Lincoln mo- torcyclist nearly two miles in 2015 is now accused of selling methamphetamine to an undercover police of- ficer, an investigator says in court documents. Casey Burk, 43, of Lin- coln, has been charged with three counts of de- i i a phetamine or possess- ing it with the intent to deliver. Burk sold an under- cover of- ficer meth three times in July, according to an affi- davit for his arrest. Two sales took place in the parking lot of the Su- per Saver at 27th Street and Cornhusker High- way, the affidavit said. The third sale was outside home in the Arnold Heights neighborhood.

He was arrested Thurs- day and has since bonded out of the Lancaster County jail. On Jan. 16, 2015, Burk hit motorcyclist Gabe Wilken, who had fallen from his motorcycle on Northwest 48th Street near Holdrege Street. Then-Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said it was unclear whether Wilken died before car hit him or during the crash. Burk immediately come forward after the crash, but was identified as the driver after investi- gators received a tip.

Kelly said at the time that he have enough evi- dence to charge Burk with a crime, in part because of uncertainty about what actually killed Wilken. In an interview, Burk told the Journal Star he had no idea he had run over Wilken because his car was dilapidated and he was in a construction zone. Man now faces charges for selling meth In 2015, car dragged motorcyclist nearly 2 miles Burk JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS Police know the whereabouts of nearly 1,300 registered sex offenders in Missouri, in- cluding hundreds who fall into the most-dangerous category, according to a state audit released Mon- day. Missouri law requires convicted sex offenders to register their names, ad- dresses and other informa- tion with their county law enforcement, most often the department.

The Missouri State High- way Patrol maintains a publicly available database. Offenders must keep their information up-to-date and notify law enforcement when they move. The audit released by state auditor Nicole Gallo- way says 1,259 sex offend- ers are unaccounted for about 8 percent of the nearly 16,000 registered sex offenders in Missouri and it blames inadequate enforcement of the regis- tration requirement at the local level. In 14 counties and the city of St. Louis, the whereabouts of more than 10 percent of sex offenders is unknown.

Galloway said the find- ings are and it stands, the sex-of- fender registry really pro- vides a false sense of se- Galloway said at a news conference in St. Louis. Galloway said the audit did not compare compli- ance rates in Missouri with other states, nor did it ex- amine if non-compliant sex offenders committed addi- tional crimes. However, other states have had similar problems with keeping up with sex offenders. A state analysis in August found that Wis- consin have cur- rent information on 2,735 offenders.

A 2017 audit in Massachusetts found no address on file for nearly 1,800 of the more than 13,000 registered sex offenders. The registration require- ment law took effect in Missouri in 1995 and was updated this year to clas- sify sex offenders into three tiers. The most-dangerous sex offenders are listed in Tier III for offenses that in- clude rape, sodomy or first- or second-degree child mo- lestation. Those offenders must register with local police every 90 days for the rest of their lives. The audit showed the problem persists in places large and small.

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