NDCS News Releases

NDCS News Releases

Missing inmate arrested

August 24, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-57)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

August 24, 2023 (Omaha, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O) is back in custody. Andres Willis #213587 was arrested by the Turner County Sheriff’s Office and is being held at the Turner County Jail in Ashburn, Georgia.

Willis disappeared on May 22, 2023, when he left the facility. He started his sentence on August 3, 2021. He was sentenced to three to five years for possession of a deadly weapon by a...Read more

Missing inmate arrested

August 17, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-56)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

August 17, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O) is back in the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Michael Detty #213356 was arrested by the Lincoln Police Department.

Detty disappeared on August 7, 2023, when he left the facility. He started his sentence on June 16, 2021. He was sentenced to 4 years and 12 months to 5 years and 18 months for charges out of...Read more

Inmate missing from community corrections facility

August 7, 2023

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CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

August 7, 2023 (Omaha, Neb.) – Authorities have been notified about an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O). Michael Detty #213356 left CCC-O today and his electronic monitor was found across the street from the facility.

Detty started his sentence on June 16, 2021. He was sentenced to 4 years and 12 months to 5 years and 18 months for charges out of Clay County that include possession of a stolen firearm and theft by...Read more

NDCS staff member arrested

August 3, 2023

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CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

NDCS staff member arrested

August 3, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Angelita Zuniga (44), a corporal at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC), turned herself in to Nebraska State Patrol investigators at the Lancaster County Jail yesterday. She was arrested for first degree sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee (Neb. Rev. Stat. §28-322.01), a felony offense.

Zuniga has been employed by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) since June 27...Read more

Missing inmate back in custody

July 14, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-53)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

July 14, 2023 (Omaha, Neb.) – An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center – Omaha (CCC-O) has been returned to the custody of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). Seth Horstman #71157 was arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. He disappeared on June 8, 2023, when he left his job in the community and did not return to the facility.

Horstman started his sentence on March 2, 2010. He was sentenced to 19...Read more

RTC inmate death

July 12, 2023

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CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

July 12, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Kak Thoan #84532, age 50, died July 11, 2023. He was found unresponsive in his cell at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC). Staff members initiated CPR and contacted emergency medical services. He was transported to a Lincoln hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The Nebraska State Patrol will conduct the investigation into his death.

Thoan’s sentence began on September 9, 2016. He was serving a 55 to 60...Read more

RTC staff member injured in assault

July 5, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-51)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

July 5, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – An inmate at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC) assaulted a staff member on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, resulting in serious* injury.

The assault occurred Tuesday afternoon when the staff member was checking the inmate’s ID. The inmate punched the staff member in the head and face multiple times. Responding staff restrained the inmate and remove him from the area. The injured staff member was treated at the hospital and...Read more

RTC inmate death

June 30, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (23-50)

CONTACT Dayne Urbanovsky, Director of Strategic Communications

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

June 30, 2023 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Randall Dasher #69583, age 56, died today at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC), where he was incarcerated.

Dasher’s sentence began on May 11, 2009. He was serving a 11 years 38 months to 29 years 18 months sentence for multiple theft charges, possession of a controlled substance, criminal impersonation and escape out of Sarpy, Douglas and Lancaster Counties.

While the cause of death has not yet been...Read more

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