06.23.08 Monday

Truly a tragic day in the entertainment industry as 71 year old George Carlin passed away from heart failure. Everyone has a favorite routine from this comic genius. From the seven words you can’t say one TV to the Hippy Dippy Weather man (Tonight’s forecast…..dark. Continued dark followed by some widely scattered light in the morning.)  We will miss you George.

 

Locally, the cease fire has ended again in the NO-K Coral as Omaha’s latest shooting victim was gunned down near 22nd and Larimore early Sunday morning. 20 year old Nostaw Watson was pronounced dead at Creighton Medical Center. No details have been released. We are sure the someone will be releasing a statement about somebody turning their life around.

 

The mother of a wheelchair bond woman has been cited for abuse of a vulnerable person after her daughter was injured in a fire. 40 year old Cherie Harbour is accused of leaving 23 year old Tawnisha Harbour home alone and unable to escape on her own after a fire broke out in their 65th and Maple area house. Cherie Harbour is being held on a $25,000 bond. Tawnisha suffered burns to her feet, legs, face and neck.

And the CWS moves to the National Championship series best of 3 as the Bulldogs take on the Bulldogs starting this evening. Georgia and Fresno State square off tonight after Fresno sent NorthCarolina back home with a 6-1 win.

 

More later………………………

Bugs Manderson

 

06.20.08 Friday

Tip: If your wanted for first degree murder then hide somewhere other than 50 miles away. Police arrested Daniel C Miller (gang nickname Dipshit) after someone tipped off Lincoln police that he was at the Sun Mart foods at 17th and South Streets. Miller was arrested without incident except for the collective crapping of his pants when the squad all had guns drawn on him. Miller was wanted for the murder of 18 year old Julius Robinson last Sunday.

 

The honeymoon grace period for the smoking ban is over as the tobacco task force sited a bartender and a couple of patrons at the North Shore Tavern yesterday. So much for a few days. Police say that the policy is to complain to the manager if you spot a smoker and if that doesn’t work call police and they will coordinate a raid with Mark Walsh who by the way will be holding a Revenge of the Nerds Lookalike contest.

Wonder if the Underground clubs that have started to pop up will start their own Keno game as well.

 

In a National news story, a group of girls at a Gloucester MA. High School made a pact to all get pregnant and raise their babies together. The School has an unusually high number of pregnancies. School officials reported that some girls seemed more upset when pregnancy tests came back negative and reported that girls were giving high fives for positive tests. Looks like the Denny’s recruiter knows which school to head to first.

It was also reported that the father of one is a 24 year old homeless guy who will now have to register as a sex offender. What happens if they move his dumpster?

Officials say that many of the girls suffered from self esteem and lack of love in their lives. No kidding. Lets hope this doesn’t spark a bunch of copy cats across the country.

 

Everyone have a good weekend…see you at the CWS

 

Bugs Manderson

06.19.08 Thursday

NCAA Officials and the CWS folks are scratching their heads. Attendance is down even with great weather and an underdog to cheer for. Dennis Poppe of the NCAA said that they would evaluate the series at it’s conclusion and look into what might be keeping people away.

Dennis you need to look no further than your employer and it’s uncontrolled habit of tinkering to much with something that works. This year they changed the schedule that eliminated some 2 game days, started the series a day later and could possibly not have any games over this weekend. There is a smart move. Which one of you genius thought that could possibly be a good idea. Let’s not have any games when the highest number of people are off work. Oh and lets eliminate some afternoon games that some of us corporate dolts use to skip work and entertain our customers. Dennis, your tinkering to much.

The other comment we have been hearing alot at the series is how the locals feel something is gone from the series anymore. The NCAA and Mayor are making the event to sterile. With the move to downtown in 2 years it will only loose more of its mystique. Gone will be the great shots on ESPN of the sun setting over the West stands, instead we will get shots of Downtown, like any other city.

Something is missing boys. Lets hope you can figure it out and recapture it when you make the move. But don’t listen to closely to the Mayor and his staff. They don’t spend that much time in the city anyway.

 

Police have issued an arrest warrant for 18 year old Daniel Miller in the shooting death of Julius Robinson last Sunday in the Millard area. Miller, who attended the Millard Learning Center and was a former Millard West Student, is wanted for first degree murder and using a weapon to commit a felony. Miller was arrested in connection with the robbery of a convenience store last January as well. Police are searching for Miller and his family is asking him to turn himself in. From the sounds of it he stopped listening to his family a long time ago, we doubt he will start now.

 

And Attorney John Carter is mad that they are building a bunch of houses near his in North Omaha. Carter said the area is to small for the 16 houses the City is putting in and he has filed suit naming a couple of planning department members and the projects builder among others. Carter contends the land is to small for 16 houses and that he was promised some of the land from the owner in a verbal agreement even though nothing is documented anywhere. Well Mr. Carter now you know who the folks in Keystone feel after getting a housing development rammed down their throats a few years back. They had the same complaint, to many houses in to small an area. Your complaints will fall on deaf ears, now get in line with the rest of us and take whatever they deal you.

 

More later………….

 

Bugs Manderson

06.17.08 Tuesday

Well it appears that the Muppet and Company have had a change of heart and David Sokol will be reappointed to the MECA Board. The brilliant plan to rid the Mayor of his leading rival wasn’t thought through completely by the entire 3 stooges staff. It seems nobody considered that Mr. Sokol would be the right person to raise the private funding for the new stadium. That and the fact nobody wanted to see some real lawyers teach City Attorney Paul Kratz a thing or two about practicing law as the MECA Board was going to make the city attempt to legally present their position.

So now the NCAA knows they just signed a contract with a City managed by Larry ,Curly and Mo. Lets just be glad the person in charge of the group that will build the stadium is someone who has experience in that department and will have the fiscal responsibility to keep this thing in check.

 

Former Papillion La-VIsta Softball Coach Mike Govig was sentenced to five years in prison and 5 years probation for possession of child porn. Authorities found 560 Images and 35 videos of child porn on his computer last summer. Govig will be joined in prison by Homer T. Cave, a former Marine Corps recruiter who also got 5 years for child porn after police found images on his laptop computer of identifiable victims. At least all the people who wanted to defend the Coach can rest easy as he will have close company for the next 5 years.

 

AS the investigation into the shooting of 18 year old Julius Robinson continues, many Millardites are shocked to learn there is a gang in their part of the city. Seems Robinson, who was turning his life around and loved by all, was a member of the OMD (Omaha Mafia Bloods) and openly advertised it on his My Space page. Some are saying his shooting is gang related. Robinson was suspended from Millard South late last year and was scheduled to finish his credits at the Millard Learning Center in the fall. Police say they have a good idea who shot Robinson. Maybe we can contract with the Carter Lake Police to come clean Millard up.

 

And 22 year old James Branch will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced to life in prison plus 40-50 years for the kidnapping and robbery of a Benson area car dealer. 2 others await trial.

 

More later………………………

 

Bugs Manderson

06.16.08 Monday

Like a flashback to the days when Mike and Ann Boyle attempted to run the city with an iron fork and beer chaser, Mayor Landow,Muppet Mike and the the lawyer who couldn’t make it in the private sector Paul Kratz have teamed up and blackened the eye of the city just in time for the college world series. In a move that rivals the most petty politics ever constructed, the Puppet Master and Co. sent a letter informing David Sokol that he was removed from the MECA Board because he filled out a change of address card while he was switching residences within the city. Sokol, who owns several houses around the country has sold his Linden Estates home and had his mail forwarded to a home in Wyoming. Because he had not closed on his downtown town home he pulled his voter registration from the West Omaha address. He has since registered. Oh and he pays his taxes here as well.

The Mayors and City Attorneys move at this time on something this trivial takes us from the appearance of a first class Metropolitan City to a town hall fight in Mayberry. Sokol has been willing to stand up to the Mayors clan and make sure that whats done is right for the city however the Little Dictator wants to make sure everyone knows who is in charge.

More on this after we make the rounds today however the City Council needs to grow a pair and step up to the plate an look into the matter instead of taking the City Attorney’s word on the matter. We wonder which one of the Mayor’s cronies needs a Job and he will try to appoint to the MECA Board. That is one reason MECA was created. To make sure that the QWEST investment was run by people who knew what they were doing, not by someones buddy who lost his ass on a hot tip in the 5th and now needs a job.

 

The gunfire has moved West as 2 separate shooting last night leave one dead and two others injured. Police are releasing few details but an 18 year old recent Millard South graduate was shot and killed outside and apartment near 128th and Deauville Drive in Millard. Police responded to shots fired around 8:45 p.m. last night and found the young man. No arrests have been made.

 

Also around 11:15 last night police responded to a shots fired call at an apartment complex near 90th and Dodge. One person was taken to Methodist and police are trying to determine if a person taken to Creighton  by private car was involved in the same shooting. No arrests have been made in this incident either.

Friday evening around 7 p.m. another 18 year old was gunned down in the NO-K Coral. Tony Herron was driving his SUV near 40th and Spencer when he was shot. He managed to drive to 24th and Maple where police found him and he was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center where he later died.

 

And a shooting Saturday morning and related police chase interupted the Juneteenth parade celebrating the end of slavery. Two men were running from the scene and police pursed them into the parade area. One was released the other was charged with an unrelated crime. The shooting victim was treated and released.

 

More later as the phone has begun ringing off the hook here……………….Anyone seen Mongo around?

 

Bugs Manderson

06.13.08 Friday

You know things have really gotten out of hand when someone holds up the Ding Ding man. Not because of the fact that it sounds like an invasion into the purity that should be the Ice Cream man but the fact that most of the people driving the Ice Cream truck look like they would be more heavily armed than most Army Battalions. Not so at 29th and Willis where 3 men held up the driver at gunpoint and took his money. Wonder if it’s the same guys who snatched the vendors cart in South O?

 

Police have arrested 22 year old Nhial Chuol and charged him with beating fellow Sudanese immigrant Buna Wurok with an aluminum baseball bat back on May 26th. Apparently Wurok was gathered on the corner of 30th and Burt with some others when Chuol rolled up with his posse and challenged them to a fight. Wurok’s group declined but the other group wanted to rumble anyway.  It had to look like a remake of West SIde Story (Simbawe…I just met a goat herder named Simbawe) anyway Wurok ran away and Chuol chased him down and beat the shit out of him with the bat. (Note: ditch the sandals and get some Jordans) Chuol had just served 180 days for making terroristic threats. What no guns were pulled? Whats the NO-K coming to.

 

The South O area is livng up to it’s packing house butcher reputation after another stabbing sends an man to the hospital. Stabbing seems to be the prefered method of battle inthe area even in domestic disputes as the man was stabbed in the chest by his girlfriend. No word on what the fight was about. We are wondering if she met the other girlfriend or he just didn’t mow the yard.

 

A Grand Jury has cleared Officer Frank Platt of any wrongdoing. Platt is the Officer who shot an killed Jovan Reed after Reed drew a gun and aimed it at officers during a traffic stop. A bag of crack cocaine was found near Reed who according to family was turning his life around and making better choices.

 

THe CWS opens tonight with games beginning Saturday. Lets hope the rain lets up for the next couple of weeks, we could all use the break and my sump pump could use a little rest.

 

More later………

Bugs Manderson

06.11.08 Wednesday

The former Chief Financial Officer of Champions Run Golf Course has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $200,000 big ones.

After she left her job some accounting irregularities were discovered and she refused to come in and explain them. Wonder if it was to hard to find a flight back from the Cayman’s ? The management turned the file over to the Sheriff who then arrested Stacy. Stacy has since lawyered up with none other than James Martin Davis.

 

A third suspect will stand trial for locking a 65 year old car dealer in the trunk of a car and leaving him for dead after stealing his credit cards. 30 year old Michael B Johnson was overheard on a jailhouse phone making statements about being worried that his fingerprints would be on the car. Johnson is no rookie on the crime blotter either. Most of his offenses are petty crimes until now. Oh that and a lack of ability to pay child support.

 

Well the Papio Titan mommy can keep her sweatshirt on after the school board caved to the whining and will allow siblings to attend the same secondary school as their brothers and sister did if the Rumsey Station Schools area changes. You might remember this story about a bunch of snobs not wanting to go to the older High School. They say they are worried about the level of education their kids would get at the older building. Well they got a education in living vicariously through your children from the mom who was more than likely getting botox and tummy tucks before the Titans were ever thought of.

 

And late last night on the Kennedy Freeway a man rear ended a couple on a motorcycle ( but we won’t start the Mandan Park Jokes) knocking both of the off and dragging the bike some 400′. He then proceeded to begin stripping his clothes off on the side of the road and becoming combative. Well until police zapped his naked ass with a tazer and arrested him. They suspect he was on something, wonder what the first clue was? No Carter Lake cops were involved in the Tazering.

 

An off duty police officer working at the Miller Park pool was alerted to a report of a couple of pitbulls roaming in the park. While investigating the dogs became aggressive and the officer fired on one, killing it. He called for backup and the other dog became aggressive as well . That dog was shot by another officer. Were sure the line is forming with people wanting to cry because the NON RESTRAINED AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS were capped (wonder if they were gang members). Police are now looking for the owner of the dogs. If anyone has information or a tip (You know, the person in your neighborhood who thinks they have to have the baddest dog in the land but then can’t understand why it ate Little Billys face when he got near the food bowl) call OPD. Wait that would be snitching.

 

And it looks like TD Ameritrade wants to get its name on the new ballpark. Yesterday officials put the ink on a contract that keeps the CWS here until 2035 and starts the new ballpark building process. Joe Moglia, CEO of Ameritrade , said they will work to get the naming rights of the park and get a hometown name on it.

 

And all the Weather dolts are calling for another round of BOOM and Zoom tonight. After this weekends action we guarentee we will be overloaded with over hyped forcasts for the next few weeks.

 

More later….

Bugs Manderson

06.10.08 Tuesday

As much fun as we make of the news media and Weather forcasters Saturday night will be something to remember.

First, we had a co-worker who’s home was in the path and suffered some decent damage. The office pitched in and spent the day helping with clean-up, tree cutting and belonging salvaging. Mother Nature has the power to humble you.

Now , just what the hell was that Saturday night. Were not talking about the twister Antie M, the news reports were the worst we have seen in years.

06.06.08 Friday

Well the shootless streak ended at 2 after an Omaha woman was shot in the arm after passengers in her car got into a confrontation with a pedestrian at 24th and Martha around 4 p.m. yesterday. Police didn’t say what led to the argument but witnesses told them the man pulled a gun and shot in the direction of the car hitting the 21 year old woman. Guess with the high cost of gas we will see more walk-by shootings this summer.

Does anyone know why Hamburg Iowa even bothers to take down the sand bags every year? News reports of the town sandbagging to protect it from the Nishnabotna river seem to be a yearly occurrence. Maybe someone should seek moving the town to the top of the hill. No truth to the rumor the flooding is part of a curse put on the town for being the home to Shotgun Geniez.

And according to news reports it appears as if Elmwood Park is seeing a return to being the self petting zoo after a woman reported that a naked man startled her around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning near the pool. The woman, who was jogging, said she heard a rustle in the bushes and turned to see a naked man 30 feet away from her. This story has led to speculation around the office that maybe the man was pounding to the sounding stones, getting in touch with nature and whoever else might be walking by or just some freak anxiously awaiting a passing golfer so he could show off his wood. In any event lets hope an effort is made to curb any new park pervert activity before it returns to previous levels.

Speaking of perverts, a Judge has set bond for 26 year old Jason Putney at 1 million dollars after he was charged with 3 counts of felony 3rd degree sexual assault after alegedly groping a 10 year old and a 12 year old girl at 2 local department stores. Putney also faces child porn charges in Federal Court as well. Putney is accused of receiving and delivering child porn in that case.

Everyone have a safe weekend.

More later…………………

Bugs Manderson and a still woozy Geno Pinkney

06.05.08 Thursday

Really slow news day and we are still trying to shake off the effects of the insermountable bordom from attending the planning board meeting yesterday. The only exciting thing at the meeting was listening to the Keystone people attempting to preserve their neighborhood from becoming a giant parking lot. After talking to a couple of the groups members I am surprised this one hasn’t hit the news. Oh wait it’s taboo to criticize or question a Muslim organizations intentions. Looking at the information one woman provided us it appears that the church has outgrown its location in the neighborhood . It also appears that the Church got a special favor from the Fire Marshall who increased their occupancy permit 3 fold without any building expansion. We plan to keep a closer Eye on this and dig up more information.

 

Nobody was shot last night extending the shootless streak to 2………

 

A Western Nebraska Judge has ruled that a metal bucket is not a deadly object. Charges were dropped against 50 year old Zacarias Alverado. Ole Zac was charged with domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon after he banged his girlfriend in the head with a metal bucket on March 30th. The Judge said the bucket could not have killed her. So if you want to beat the rap, invest in some buckets to beat them with. Maybe the Carter Lake Police Force can invest in a few.

And low and behold the State Auditor has discovered that the Department of Labor has overspent 7 million in Federal Funds due to poor accounting. It sounds more like poor judgement. 100 bucks we could see…7 million somebody just didn’t care.

 

More later unless Jim Flowers breaks in and interrupts AGAIN……………………….(I’m trying to find one of them snappy Tornado cursors for my computer.)

 

Bugs Manderson

6.04.08 Wednesday

After some time off to attend some work related educational events we returned just in time for the latest shootout in the NO-K Coral. At about 6:30 p.m.Monday a man was shot to death in the parking lot of the burned out Click Lounge near 62nd and Ames. His green SUV sat a few yards away with his fiancees child inside and showing what appeared to be several bullett holes in the drivers side. 24 year old Elijah Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene. His family has commented (all together now) that he was turning his life around after a 2 year stint for Arson,Burglary, Making Terroristic Threats and Escape. A 28 year old woman had also filed for a protection order from him after she claimed he made threats to her and threw a brick at her truck.

No arrested have been made.

Police and City Prosecutor Don Klein are declining comment and details at this time however police were on the scene late into the  night collecting evidence. This location is right across the street from the Taco Bell drive thru that another man was shot to death in just last summer.

 

The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that Omaha’s smoking ban is unconstitutional however instead of making the City rewrite the ordinance they are requiring them to just ban smoking in all bars and restaurants. The ban originally exempted Horseman’s Park and outlets that sold Keno. All bars will have to be smoke free by 2009 anyway. Remember this phrase….Revenue Shortfall.

 

And across the river in Iowa, ok across what used to be the river, Nebraska’s lawsuit against the Ponca Tribes plans to open a casino in Carter Lake is getting criticism. The overall clad Mayor (Muppet Mike were you taking fashion notes?) said that Nebraska needs to mind it’s own boarders andwe agree, Russ is right. Maybe he can send his police force down to talk to the folks that filed the suit attempting to block the Casino.

Speaking of the Carter Lake Police Squad, assault charges against Justin Peck have been dropped in an incident that happened at the Kick 66 gas station. Carter Lake officers claim Peck assaulted them but the surveillance tape showed a different picture. Pecks Attorney, the one and only James Martin Davis, wants assault charges filed against the officers. Davis says that the cops stopped being cops when them traveled into Nebraska to whoop ass on Peck and by Nebraska Law JMD is right. Marty Conboy is looking closely at the matter. No comment from Carter Lake Mayor Cletus T Muldoon or whatever his overall clad name is.

 

And the Omaha City Council has voted to pass another Ban, this time the evil doer is electronic billboards. Lamar outdoor advertising has converted several of it existing billboards to the LED kind that switch messages every 10-15 seconds. The City Planner worried that this might be a distraction. Wanna ban a distraction, ban text messaging while driving. The only real concern of it distracting someone is if they put one outside Steve Jensens work window and he became mesmerized by it but then that’s not all bad either.  The ban gives the Council time to draft legislation regulating the billboards and figuring out a way to tax them more.

And our stating the odvious words of the day come from City Attorney Paul Kratz. Paul informed us at the City Council Meeting the “The Public will have ZERO input into the design of the new ballpark”. No shit Paul. They have had zero input in the entire matter.

 

More later after we get the office caught back up………………

 

Bugs Manderson

05.23.08 Friday

Carter Lake Iowa is starting to look like a very bad prize fighter with all the black eyes it is getting anymore. Yesterday the Fire Chief was arrested by Omaha Police. The Chieff was working as a Security Guard at Immanuel Hospital (See the Chiefs job pays well on the Lake if he has to moonlight) when someone saw him steal a 42 inch TV from a storage garage. Doug Saatoff was arrested for theft. He has since resigned from the Carter Lake Fire Department at the suggestion of Mayor Russ Kramer.

 

A Papillion School Board meeting got heated when the board discussed the idea of shifting some district boundaries around in order to adjust attendance numbers at the two high schools. A bunch of cry babies dressed in their Titan Wear came to bitch that they didn’t want to become Monarchs. Apparently the people who attend Rumsey Station Elementary would end up shifting over to Papio LaVista North High School , the older of the two schools. The biggest cry was that some of the younger kids had older siblings that attended Papio Lavista South. Big Deal. It happens all the time.

Lets take a walk down memory lane. Back in the 70’s my brothers and sister all went to Benson, a Metro Power at the time. Then OPS builds Northwest so the district shifts and me and my friends all get to be the first Sophomore class to attend school at 80th and Crown Point.  I can still feel the 77-28 ass kicking we took from Benson in football. What’s my point? The elitist out in Papio need to shut the hell up. From the sounds of their comments ,the problem they have is they don’t want their kids to attend the older school. They would rather one High School in their district have attendance issues just so they can attend the newer school . Its a status issue. It has nothing to do with the level of education. Here’s to hoping the Papio School Board holds it’s ground and continues to work to have a strong school district, however we are sure the 150 whiners will lawyer up and attempt to block the move.

 

Speaking of Court Fights, City Planners are asking for a ban on electronic billboards and some advertisersare planning to file suit if the City Council grants their wish. Some companies have replaced billboards around town with electronic ones that allow them to switch messages. Some city officials, probably the same ones that want to shut off the traffic light near the elementary school, say the billboards are against city code. Looking at the law it appears there is no law governing them and that might be the cities problem. The method of advertising may be the wave of the future but it has been around for a long time. Maybe not in the eyes of the sheltered individuals who huddle in their office in the City County building and think crap up, but in other cities it has been around for some time. Can anyone say Times Square. I swear that sometimes people dream shit up to make this city look stupid.

 

Speaking of stupid, a MECA employee has been arrested in a bid rigging scheme. Andrea Howard attempted to coax a lighting vendor into raising their bid so they would make more money and then kick a little bit of the money back to her. Didn’t work out so well as they turned her in and Omaha Police arrested her while at the Qwest Center and charged her with theft by deception. Cater Lake Police offered to make the arrest beings as they were so close and hadn’t tazered anyone in days and they got left out of the arrest of their Fire Chief as well, however Omaha officials declined.

 

Everyone have a safe Memorial Day Weekend. Don’t forget it’s a Click it or Ticket Holiday and the sting operations will be out in force so buckle up.

 

More later……………..

 

Bugs Manderson

05.21.08 Wednesday

A Council Bluffs girl is left heartbroken after some jackass stole her puppy from her front yard near 29th and Avenue B while she played a short ways away. A witness said a van pulled up and someone got out, called to the dog then grabbed it and took off. The dog, named Angel, might have been one that someone was selling from a box, just blocks away, for $25 each. So if you bought this little girls dog for $25, do the right thing and get it back to her and give a description of the person that sold it to you to Council Bluffs Police. Maybe we will get lucky and these people will be from Carter Lake and get picked up there.

 

Ho Humm  Another person is shot and wounded in a drive by near 34th and Cass. The 16 year old was shot in the leg from a person inside a red SUV. The injuries were not life threatening.

You know if these punks ever learn to be better shots then maybe the civic leaders might get a little more outraged and start banding together to do something.

 

Speaking of bad shots and stupid moves, Vincent McGee told a judge yesterday that he would take his punishment and that he knows what he did was stupid. The Judge then gave him 8-12 for First degree Assault and using a weapon to commit a felony in the shooting of a mail carrier near 42nd and N Street. McGee will have to serve a minimum of 4 years. The mailman wasn’t seriously injured from the pellets that his him from the sawed off shotgun that McGee fired.

 

Good news for you lead foots, the City Council voted 7-0 to raise the speed limit on Pacific from 120th to 170th to 45mph. Now you can race up and wait at the next light even faster than ever.

 

More later if anything good shows up on the radar………………….

 

Bugs Manderson

05.20.08 Tuesday

James Martin Davis is crying foul over an arrest and this time he might be right. It seems several law enforcement officers from Carter Lake pursued a car into the Omaha city limits on April 24th around 10:30 p.m. (Nebraska law does not allow that by the way). One of the passengers in the car was a manager of the Kicks 66 on Abbott Drive and they stopped there so he could check on the night crew. Surveillance tape show Cater Lake officers entering the store and pretty much kicking the crap out of Justin Peck, punching,tazering, knocking stuff around the store. Plus it looks like they used the entire Carter Lake Police Force to do it as well. Things must have been slow in the little village that night because everyone wanted in on this ass kicking.

Carter Lake Police told Omaha that Peck had assaulted officers but the eye in the sky from the store shows a different story. Officers started wailing on Peck before he had a chance to respond to any command they might have given him. Omaha authorities pressed assault charges on Peck based on police reports from that evening.

JMD wants charges dropped against Peck and charges of assault and false reporting filed against the Carter Lake Officers. Lets see if Marty pursues this kind of action with the zeal he goes after College World Series ticket scalpers.

 

A Lincoln Police Officer made a traffic stop around 2:30 a.m. Monday after seeing a Monte Carlo being towed by a Navigator in an unsafe fashion. He arrested the Navigator driver for DUI but there was a 5 year old asleep in the vehicle. A woman who was steering the Monte apparently was the child mother was told she was being sited for child neglect. She then swore at the officer and proceeded to bite him on the arm. (Imguessing she was a real dog) The woman was cited for felony assault of an officer. The officer was treated with a rabies booster and released.

 

Some South Omahresidents sprang into action after an attempted home invasion Sunday morning around 8:30 a.m. A man attempted to force his way into a home near 42nd and L. Neighbors hearing the disturbance helped subdue the man(Kick the crap out of the suspect if your in Cater Lake) andhold him for Omaha Police. The man was charged with robbery and a felon in possession of a firearm. The Carter Lake Police Chief and the Carter Lake Mayor have sent all the neighbors job applications.

 

More later……………….

Bugs Manderson

05.19.08 Monday

I had to write this one while awaiting the yeast to reach optimal temperature, for those of you in Millard, the dough is rising.

A party down at Millers Landing over the weekend went bad when someone pulled a gun and shot 3 people. Two others were trampled in the ”Shots Fired Stampede” the No-K Coral is now famous for. Details are still sketchy because either A: Nobody is talking B: We need it hushed up to not give the riverfront a black eye. C: Nobody knows why a large crowd of people was allowed to gather in a city park well after midnight. D: All of the above.

The party was being pushed by a local radio station that specialises in Thug Rap 101.  Wonder if they managed to get the Millers Landing Pavilion tagged before it was called a night?

Mongo Torrey

 

And here I was worried I wouldn’t have a quality lead in……

Two men pushed down a South Omaha Ice Creme vendor and stole his cart around 10 last Friday. They got away with cash and all his goodies. Not sure how they got away. You know someone had to see two idiots running with a cart down the street with the chain of bells clanking like it was a Christopher Walken music video. The vendor said through a translator that he hoped they choked on a bad Eskimo pie.

 

Staying in South O, A family fight brought police to the 14th and U area. Story goes that a man and his gal were evicted from a house there but the family broke out the bats and brass knuckles to throw them a going away party. Wow no gun fire ? People who know how to party the old fashioned way. No arrests were made because the car that got the crap beat out of it declined to file charges.

 

And its expected to be announced today that the Zoo will get a sweet land deal on Rosenblatt to tear it down for a 100 million dollar expansion. Cheers can be heard from the Polar Bear Pens and they want to move to the suburbs and get away from the annoying monkeys next door.

Donors still must be located to pay for the expansion so saddle up for another fundraiser.

 

More later…thanks again for the lead in Mongo………………………

 

Bugs Manderson

05.16.08 Friday

Like a colonoscopy, Hal Daub has formed an exploratory committee to look at his chances at running for Mayor of Omaha. Word is that Hal will toss his hat in. If anything it should provide for some very colorful campaign exchanges. Wonder how long it takes Handshake Hal to point out how many of his ideas Muppet Mike and his clan have tried to take credit for.

 

Some resident of the Benson area have become heated over the city’s plans to turn off and remove a stop light at 66th and Maple, right next to Benson West Elementary School. City Engineer Tood Pfitzer claims the light is no longer needed with the pedestrian overpass located a block away and that the light may contribute to accidents. What? Todd, no offense but just where did you get this idea. The light isn’t driving the car Eastbound at the speed of sound when it crests the hill to see a red signal a block away. Whats causing the accidents is people driving to fast and not paying attention to what they are doing.

The intersection is getting the new curb ramps and it is said to cost $60,000 to reinstall the lights after the work is done. Any takers on the day of the first fatality at the intersection once the light is shut off?

 

A park was dedicated to Mildred Brown, the late Editor and publisher of the Omaha Star. The Star has been churning out print for 70 continuous years  behind Mildred’s persistence to be a voice for North Omaha. The park is nestled in a former vacant lot next to the star building at 24th and Grant and a long overdue tribute to her.

 

Council Bluff Police are looking for an Omaha man in connection with a serious hit and run. Police have issued an arrest warrant for 23 year old Eric Perry after police located his 95 Caddy DeVille at an Omaha body shop. Witnesses saw Perrys car speed of recklessly in the 700 block of South 21st Street striking Justin Beaty. If you know where Eric is hiding out call Council Bluffs Police so we can watch them whop his ass on the news.

 

An Omaha woman is recovering after a Pit Bull broke loose from it’s restraint and attacked her near 22nd and Laird. Cynthia Edwards suffered injuries to her butt, thigh and forehead after the sweet innocent wouldn’t harm a fly animal attacked her. Were sure the dog was misunderstood and beginningto turn it’s life around. The Nebraska Humane Society has taken custody of the dog andwill hold it till a Judge decided what should happen to it . Sounds like the long dirt nap is just around the corner.

And for you Hockey people, word on the street is the Gladiator Program is adding a Midwest High School Varsity and JV team. The Varsity team will be coached by our old dear friend Mike V. and he is also listed as the JV coach with that coach being named later after he fills some sort of contractual obligations. That can’t be Pat Meschede could it? Sorry Pat we had to give you one last stroke before your done. Actually no word on who the other coach is at this point. Try outs are scheduled for June. More info when we get it from the source………

Have a great weekend everyone……………

Bugs Manderson

05.15.08 Thursday

Well another High School Coach has fallen into the grasp of the pervert patrol. 57 year old Sanford Kaplan was arrested and charged with false imprisonment, sexual abuse and a variety of other charges after two people came forward with a twisted story of Kaplans demented sexual exploits.

Seems the now former Lincoln Northeast soccer coach and former UNL Professor would bound,gag and then suspended these young men ages 13 and 15 from the rafters in his garage. He asked them to dress in denim pants and jacket and hip waders. WTF Hip Waders? Christ,twist one off to a Babe Winkelman video but leave the kids out of it you sick bastard. Kaplan said he got some kind of sexual gratification out of it.

Police are looking for other possible victims as the freak was allowed to house foreign exchange students as well.

 

A 2 year old boy escaped serous injury after he climbed in his moms car outside a laundromat at 49th and Grover and knocked the car out of gear. (Why wasn’t the emergency break on?) The car rolled across Grover Street and struck a parked car, narrowly missing the owner. The boys mother was not ticketed as she did not leave the child in the car but the boy and his brother were outside playing. She was told through an interpreter that she might keep a closer eye on him.

 

The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to hear former Priest turned pervert Daniel Herek’s appeal on a probation violation for exposing himself in the Crossroads parking lot over 3 years ago. This means he will likely return to jail. He was convicted of molesting a few altar boys while he was serving as Priest. Looks like he will have plenty of company when he is back in the slammer.

Why does it seem the news runs in stages, one day is shootouts next day it pervert arrests. Sick world people.

 

And Handshake Hal has formed an exploratory committee looking in to if he should run for Mayor of Omaha again. Daub feels the currant administration is misleading the public (at least Hal let us vote on the Qwest Center) and that there are some pressing issues in the future that the Muppet seems to be having trouble coping with. How about we fix the sewers instead of just talking about it for 20 more years?

More later if the crappy news doesn’t have us drinking early……………

 

Bugs Manderson

Mongo Torrey

 

05.14.08 Wednesday

No big surprises in the Primary yesterday. Jimmy “my staff member didn’t copy and paste it right” Esch will take on Lee Terry again. Somewhat of a surprise but not really, Scott “Go Speed Racer” Kleeb defeated Tony Raimondo pretty handily. Kleeb earned the nod to take on Mike Johanns in November.

 

Police have arrested 3 Omaha youths for the robbery of the Crystal Beverage Mart at 4807 South 20th. Apparently 2 of them entered the store, claimed to have a weapon and stole some liquor. Problem is they didn’t go far to consume their haul and police nabbed them after answering a disturbance call only to find Bombed Billy and his two drunk friends one of which was nice enough to puke in the police cruiser. Lightweight. Two of the perps ages 13 and 16 were taken to the youth detention facility the third was 18 and will be taking the fall for the other 2.

 

Creighton Prep announced that student athletes will have to agree to random drug testing to participate in school sports. Officials say they will be looking for steroid use among their student body. We don’t think the policy goes far enough and call for random testing of the speech, drama and chess teams as well. Mongo called for estrogen testing of the drama team and that was uncalled for.

 

Police say the bullet that struck Taylor Borgeson while he played soccer at the King Science Center did not come from any of the guns recovered in the shoot out a few blocks away. So either they didn’t get all the guns or the gun play in the No-K is so out of control that strays are flying around at 4 in the afternoon for no apparent reason. Ernest is said to have his investigation on the agenda right after he files his complaint along with the ACLU for all the toilet paper in city hall being white.

And as a new feature during sweeps week we will launch our own EYE team investigative reporters.  Watch for their feature story’s on where pocket lint really comes from and why your hockey fees jumped 10 bucks this year.

 

More from this roving band of jackasses later………………..

Bugs Manderson

05.13.08 Primary Tuesday

Even though low voter turnout is predicted, get out and vote today.

News junkies that we are here, the topic of conversation this morning over a box full of Mongo’s finest artery cloggers was the level to which the local newscasters have lowered themselves to. For example, last night I watched the first 3 minutes of the Action 3 news at 10. It looked like the entire thing was filmed by a monkey with a curling iron shoved up his keester. The camera was bobbing and weaving..zoom in zoom out..how long ago did that camera action go out of style..click

KETV and Their I TEAM (Guess what the I really stands for) was not much better. The in depth investigation into to candidates for the South O seat in the Legislature had us on the edge of our seats as Karol Kloss grilled the Creighton Student about the California tags on his car. Can someone sign her up for an Oprah makeover. Nothing has put fear like that in an interview since the Best Dressed Councilman in Omaha Frank Brown used to be a field reporter for KMTV.

The one of the top stories was a Middle School solar powered car club. Earth shattering news like that made me want to subscribe to Cappers Weekly again.

A suspected shoplifter got more than he bargained for when the pet store owner confronted him about the iguana he had shoved down his pants. The man threw the bag containing the iguana on the floor, killing the animal, then attempted to flee only to have the owner who trains daily in mixed martial arts chase him down and put the fear of being disassembled into him. The man is charged with 2nd degree robbery. They should have let the store owner have a few rounds with him before taking him in.

 

And Omaha Police have stepped up patrols in the NO-K Coral after all the shootings as of late. Police said there is little they can do about a popular hang out where people gather on the weekends. Attempts were made to get comment from Ernest but he was to busy looking into the man ordered cuffed to the chair by the Judge to protect himself from himself,even though the mans mother didn’t see a problem with it. Guess what is happening in his district isn’t as important.

 

More later

 

Bugs Manderson

Monday May 12th 2008

The No-K Coral sounded like a GrucciFireworks show over the weekend with all the arrant gunfire.

An internal investigation is underway after an off duty officer working as a security guard at the 30th and Ames BP station shot and killed a man after that man had shot someone in a fight. Boots Sheldon reported to us from the pay phone at Big Jims across the street that a fight had broken out at the BP around 2:30 and the officers attempted to break it up however a few didn’t get the message and began to fight. 21 year old Leroy Goodwin pulled a gun and shot 29 year old Michael Moss. Officer Jarvis Duncan, last years Officer of the Year, then drew his service revolver and shot Goodwin who later died from his wounds. Officer Duncan and Officer Randy Szemplenski have been placed on Administrative leave pending the investigation.

All together now..”They didn’t have to shoot him….He was turning his life around”.

 

At 5:30 Sunday Morning 18 year old Maurice Dixon was walking near 24th and Evans when he was shot in the back. No motive or suspects have been released. Dixon is expected to make a full recovery and be back wandering the streets at all hours of the night shortly.

At 9:30 last night a teen heard a knock at the door at his home near 28th and Ames. He looked out and didn’t see anyone but was shot in the back as he turned to walk away. Again no suspects or motive is being released.

And then Police found an unresponsive man in a home near 17th and Victor. Then man identified as Clenix Martin was pronounced dead at Nebraska Medical Center. Martin had testified against Roy Ellis in his murder trial. Roy as you know is the man who killed Amber Harris.

 

Then we have the teen who was arrested near 27th and S and was handcuffed and placed in the police cruiser. The teen pulled a Houdini and got his hands in front of him and slid behind the wheel of the cruiser and took off. His driving skills being what the were in the first place had him loose control and hit a tree, hopefully hitting his head as well. The teen also has a felony warrant in Iowa for him. Let me guess Felony Dumbass Violation?

 

And with the great weather upon us another problem arises. That problem is motorcycle rider’s who can’t obey the laws of the road because they think they are invincible.

Last night around 7:30 p.m. a man was killed near 177th and Blondo after he attempted to pass a car on the left that was in the LEFT HAND TURN LANE on Blondo. The car struck his bike and he lost control and hit a wooden telephone pole. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Like the guy getting clocked a the speed of light on the Dodge expressway because he was late for work, to many of the rice rocket ridding clowns are putting other lives in danger because of their need to be idiots on the road. From fools riding wheeliesin traffic to idiots who ride between lanes passing cars they are putting more than themselves in danger. I am sorry this fool got scattered across the countryside but I feel more for the poor woman who has to live with the fact she was involved in a fatality accident because of someones foolish and selfish behavior.

 

Lets lighten things up around here.

 

HOW ABOUT THEM LANCERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Lancers take boththe Anderson and Clark cups with a 4-3 overtime win in front of the home crowd Saturday night. It’s the 7th Championship for the club. The win was capped by a Barry Almeida goal with 13:52 left in over time. Lancer Goalie Drew Palmisano was named postseason MVP. Looks like the Lancers will continue to be a pipeline of outstanding netminders.

Great job guys…..Cant wait for next season.

 

More later after more details are released in the NO-K events………….

 

Bugs and Mongo