Day's record for Sept. 26, 2008

Hospital notes

Other births

JENNINGS -- To Sean and Tina (Pearson) Jennings of Omaha, a daughter born on Sept. 22 at Midlands Hospital in Papillion. Grandparents include Bob and Mary Pearson of Scotia and LouEva Brandt of Grand Island.



Police/Sheriff

Anyone with information about any crime in the state may call the Grand Island-Hall County Crime Stoppers, 381-8822. Crime Stoppers guarantees that callers will remain anonymous.

A reward of up to $1,000 will be paid after law enforcement agencies have determined the seriousness of the crime and the usefulness of the information.

Inmate custody status can be obtained by calling the VINE hotline at (877) NE 4 VINE. Information is available 24 hours a day.

If you see a crime happening, call the Grand Island-Hall County Emergency Center --  911.



Grand Island Police

The following felonies were reported: 

 Clint Younger, 409 W. Seventh St. reported a burglary there.

 Martin Mendoza, 912 W. Koenig St., reported a burglary there.

 Beth Schroeder, 804 N.  Boggs Ave., Apt. 515, reported a theft there.

 Farmers and Merchants Bank, 2009 N. Diers Ave., reported a theft there. The unauthorized use of a financial transaction device was reported and a man was referred to the Hall County attorney's office.



Hall County Sheriff

Law enforcement arrested nine people on warrants in eight cases. No felonies were reported.

For more information visit www.hallcountyne.gov and click on the sheriff link.



Hall County Jail

The Hall County Jail has 141 inmates, booked in 16 people and released 13 people.

   

Court report

Hall County Court

 Mohammed Ali, 18, 2008 E. Seedling Mile Road, Apt. 3, was charged with second-degree assault and false reporting for a Sept. 24 incident involving Ishag Mohamed.

 Abdulkadir A. Jama, 22, 506 E. First St., was charged with terroristic threats for a Sept. 23 incident involving Mahamat Arawai Rozi.



Correction

Name misspelled

Two articles in last Sunday's Independent misspelled the first name of the person who directs the coverage of Islam for an online publication called Beliefnet.com.

The correct name is Dilshad Ali. Ali commented on the why Muslims believe both prayer and fasting are so important in observing Ramadan.