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RTC inmate death

June 16, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-45)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

June 16, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – David Saxton #82585, age 54, died this morning at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC), where he was incarcerated.

Saxton’s sentence began on July 27, 2015. He was serving a 30 years to life sentence for second degree murder out of Lincoln County.

While the cause of death has not yet been determined, Saxton was being treated for a medical condition. As is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of the...Read more

Missing inmate back in custody

June 12, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-44)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

June 12, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln (CCC-L) has been arrested by the Roseville, Michigan Police Department. Antonio Collier #87434 was taken into custody yesterday and booked into the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens, Michigan.

Collier disappeared on May 19, 2019, when he did not return to the facility after he was granted permission to attend a local church. He started his...Read more

Inmate missing from community corrections facility

June 8, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-43)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

June 8, 2023 (Omaha, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O). Seth Horstman #71157 left his job in the community this morning and did not return to the facility. The electronic monitoring device he was wearing was found in the parking lot of his workplace.

Horstman started his sentence on March 2, 2010. He was sentenced to 19 years and 26 months to 32 years for charges that...Read more

Multiple Staff Assaulted at Reception & Treatment Center

May 31, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-42)

CONTACT Dawn-Renee Smith, deputy director

EMAIL dawnrenee.smith@nebraska.gov

May 31, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Three inmates assaulted multiple staff members at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) today, resulting in potentially serious* injuries. Five staff members went to the hospital for treatment consistent with stabbings utilizing manufactured weapons, plus injuries from being kicked and punched. The units where the staff assaults occurred will remain on modified operations* until all investigations are complete and any necessary follow up has occurred. Based on...Read more

TSCI inmate death

May 30, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-41)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

May 30, 2023 (Tecumseh, Neb.) – Michael Bedel #72242, age 72, died yesterday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI).

Bedel’s sentence began on September 17, 2010. He was serving a 25- to 30-year sentence for first degree and third degree sexual assault out of Platte County.

While the cause of death has not yet been determined, Bedel was being treated for a medical condition. As is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of...Read more

Inmate missing from community corrections facility

May 22, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-40)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

May 22, 2023 (Omaha, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O). Andres Willis #213587 left the facility this morning and removed his electronic monitoring device approximately one mile west of the center.

Willis started his sentence on August 3, 2021. He was sentenced to three to five years for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person out of Douglas County. He has a...Read more

RTC inmate death

May 21, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-39)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

May 21, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Donald Lichtenberg #213960, age 84, died yesterday at a Lincoln hospital. He was incarcerated at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC).

Lichtenberg’s sentence began on October 20, 2021. He was serving an 18- to 24-year sentence for attempted first degree sexual assault of a child out of Douglas County.

While the cause of death has not yet been determined, Lichtenberg was being treated for a medical condition. As...Read more

RTC inmate death

May 19, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-38)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

OFFICE 402-479-5799 | dayne.urbanovsky@nebraska.gov

May 19, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Michael Gunther #61937, age 67, died yesterday evening at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC), where he was incarcerated.

Gunther’s sentence began on April 15, 2005. He was serving a life sentence on charges of first degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony, out of Sarpy County.

While the cause of death has not yet been determined, Gunther was being treated for a medical condition. As is the case...Read more

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