Lincoln Police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a robbery at Holmes Lake south shore last Sunday. Public Information Manager Erika Thomas says they were called around 9:00 p.m. to investigate a robbery that happened three hours earlier.
She says a 20-year-old man from Crete and a 21-year-old Papillion man reported being robbed at gunpoint by a a person known to them and two other s they did not know. “The 21-year-old told officers he showed a firearm to the group when all three suspects took out their own firearms and stole the 21-year-old victim’s firearm, phone, cash and keys, along with the phone of the 20-year-old victim before leaving the area.”
Thomas says on Thursday officers contacted the 17-year-old from Lincoln just before 4 a.m. and found the stolen handgun during a probable cause search of his vehicle. He was referred and booked at the Youth Services Center for robbery, use of a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a prohibited juvenile offender.