PAGE 8: MIDWEST/WORLD PRESS & DAKOTAN n THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Midwest Briefly Police Beg For World Briefly Coroner: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Neb. Georgia Prosecutor Investigates Election RED CLOUD, Neb. (AP) — Two people were killed this week ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor said Wednesday in a head-on crash near Red Cloud in south-central Nebraska’s that she has opened a criminal investigation into “attempts to Webster County, authorities said. Help, Senators influence” last year’s general election, including a call in which The crash happened just after noon Monday on state President Donald Trump asked a top official to find enough votes Highway 4 between Red Cloud and Blue Hill, television station to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state. KSNB reported. In a Jan. 2 telephone conversation with Secretary of State The Webster County Attorney’s Office, which also serves as Flee In Trump Brad Raffensperger, Trump repeatedly argued that Raffensperger the county coroner’s office, said a witness reported seeing a could change the certified results of the presidential election, an westbound vehicle driven by Teddy Morrow, 74, of Cowles, try assertion the secretary of state firmly rejected. to pass a snowplow on the highway. His vehicle then collided “All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which head-on with an eastbound car, the office said. Trial Video is one more than we have,” Trump said. “Because we won the Morrow died at the scene of the crash, investigators said, state.” while a passenger in the car, 29-year-old Kimberly Mohlman of BY LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, Trump — thus earning Trump’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, a Democrat elect- Red Cloud, was rushed to a Lincoln hospital, where she died. MARY CLARE JALONICK AND JILL criticism — is shown being ed to the job in November, did not specifically mention Trump in Officials said Mohlman’s husband, who was the driver of the COLVIN rushed to safety, sheltered in the letters she sent to state officials Wednesday announcing her second vehicle, was also taken to Lincoln where he remained Associated Press an office with his family just 100 investigation. But the former president has been under intense Wednesday in critical condition. The couple’s 3-year-old daugh- feet from the rioters. Pelosi was criticism for the call. ter, who was in the vehicle, suffered no serious injuries. WASHINGTON — Prosecu- evacuated from the complex be- Willis spokesman Jeff DiSantis told The Associated Press that tors unveiled chilling new se- fore the mob prowls her suite of while he could not name the subjects under investigation, he curity video in Donald Trump’s offices, her staff hiding quietly confirmed that Trump’s call to Raffensperger was “part of it” and Health System Notifying Patients Of Breach impeachment trial on Wednes- behind closed doors. said “the matters reported on over the last several weeks are the day, showing the mob of rioters At one dramatic moment, matters being investigated.” In her letters, Willis also remarks OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Medicine and the Univer- breaking into the Capitol, the video shows police shoot- that officials “have no reason to believe that any Georgia official sity of Nebraska Medical Center have begun notifying patients smashing windows and doors ing into the crowd through a is a target of this investigation.” and employees whose personal information may have been and searching menacingly for broken window, killing a San compromised in a data security breach last fall. Vice President Mike Pence and Diego woman, Ashli Babbitt. In The breach may have affected up to 219,000 people in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as another, a police officer is seen Government Investigating N95 Mask Scam Nebraska and other states, the Omaha World-Herald reported overwhelmed police begged on being crushed by the mob. WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating a Wednesday. Health system officials said in a statement that an their radios for help. Police overwhelmed by the massive counterfeit N95 mask operation in which fake 3M masks investigation begun in late September found no evidence that In the previously unreleased rioters frantically announce “we were sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities peoples’ personal information had been used to commit fraud recordings, the House prosecu- lost the line” and urge officers and government agencies. The foreign-made knockoffs are or identity theft. tors displayed gripping scenes to safety. One officer later died. becoming increasingly difficult to spot and could put health care System technology employees discovered the problem on of how close the rioters were to Some senators acknowl- workers at grave risk for the coronavirus. Sept. 20, finding that an unauthorized party gained access to the country’s leaders, roaming edged it was the first time they These masks are giving first responders “a false sense of Nebraska Medicine and UNMC’s shared network using malware the halls chanting “Hang Mike had grasped how perilously security,” said Steve Francis, assistant director for global trade between Aug. 27 and Sept. 20. The incident led to the post- Pence,” some equipped with close the country came to seri- investigations with the Homeland Security Department’s princi- ponement of patient appointments for a time and required staff combat gear. Outside, the mob ous danger. pal investigative arm. He added, “We’ve seen a lot of fraud and in the system’s hospitals and clinics to chart by hand. had set up a makeshift gallows. “When you see all the pieces other illegal activity.” The incident involved one or more items of information Videos of the siege have come together, just the total Officials could not name the states or the company involved such as names, addresses, health insurance and clinical been circulating since the day awareness of that, the enormity because of the active investigation. information being compromised. A limited number of patients’ of the riot, but the graphic com- of this threat, not just to us as Nearly a year into the pandemic, fraud remains a major prob- Social Security numbers also were compromised. The incident pilation amounted to a more people, as lawmakers, but the lem as scammers seek to exploit hospitals and desperate and did not result in unauthorized access to the health system’s complete narrative, a moment- threat to the institution and weary Americans. Federal investigators say they have seen an by-moment retelling of one what Congress represents, it’s increase in phony websites purporting to sell vaccines as well as shared electronic medical record application, health system disturbing,” said Republican officials said. of the nation’s most alarming fake medicine produced overseas and scams involving personal days. In addition to the evident Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. protective equipment. The schemes deliver phony products, un- chaos and danger, it offered “Greatly disturbing.” like fraud earlier in the pandemic that focused more on fleecing Ex-Officer Pleads Not Guilty To Assault fresh details on the attackers, Trump is the first president customers. scenes of police heroism and to face an impeachment trial 3M, based in Maplewood, Minnesota, is among the largest LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln police officer who cries of distress. And it showed after leaving office and the first global producers of the N95 mask, which has been approved by resigned while under investigation for allegedly assaulting a just how close the country to be twice impeached. He the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 51-year-old man while working off-duty at a Lincoln hospital came to a potential breakdown is charged with incitement and is considered the gold standard in protection against the has pleaded not guilty. in its seat of democracy as Con- of insurrection through fiery coronavirus. The company delivered some 2 billion N95 masks Benjamin Rieker, 32, entered the written plea before he was gress was certifying Trump’s words his defense lawyers say in 2020 as the pandemic soared, but in earlier months of the set to appear in court on Wednesday, the Lincoln Journal Star election defeat to Democrat Joe are protected by the Constitu- pandemic, when masks were in short supply, fraudsters started reported. He has been charged with third-degree assault and Biden. tion’s First Amendment and just popping up. false reporting, both misdemeanors. “They did it because Donald figures of speech. Officials have said Rieker resigned Jan. 26, days before he Trump sent them on this mis- The House Democrats was criminally charged. sion,” said House prosecutor showed piles of evidence from Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt Dies At 78 The charges were brought after investigators deemed Stacey Plaskett, the Democratic the former president himself Rieker had been working security at a Lincoln hospital Oct. 31 delegate representing the U.S. -- hundreds of Trump tweets and LOS ANGELES (AP) — Porn purveyor Larry Flynt, who built Virgin Islands. “His mob broke comments that culminated in Hustler magazine into an adult entertainment empire while cham- while he was off duty. Rieker had brief contact with a 51-year- pioning First Amendment rights, died Wednesday. He was 78. old man accused of creating a disturbance in the emergency into the Capitol to hunt them his Jan. 6 rally cry to go to the down.” Capitol and “fight like hell” to Flynt had been in frail health and died of heart failure at his room, police said. Investigators said Rieker later found the man overturn his defeat. Trump then Hollywood Hills home, said his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr. after he had been discharged from the hospital and shoved The stunning presentation From his beginnings as an Ohio strip club owner to his reign as opened the first full day of argu- did nothing to stem the violence the older man unprovoked, causing the man to fall and hit his and watched with “glee,” they founder of one of the most explicit adult-oriented magazines, Flynt head. ments in the trial as the pros- said, as the mob ransacked the constantly challenged the establishment and became a target for Police said the man refused medical treatment for the fall. ecutors argued Trump was no iconic building. the religious right and feminist groups. Rieker was placed on leave shortly after the incident. “innocent bystander” but rather “To us, it may have felt like Flynt scored a surprising U.S. Supreme Court victory over the Rieker had been on the force for about 18 months before he the “inciter in chief” of the chaos and madness, but there Rev. Jerry Falwell, who had sued him for libel after a 1983 Hustler resigned, officials said. deadly Capitol riot, a president was method to the madness that alcohol ad suggested Falwell had lost his virginity to his mother in who spent months spreading day,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, an outhouse. election lies and building a mob D-Md., the lead prosecutor, who Flynt’s company produced not only Hustler but other niche Rapid City Man Charged In Arson Spree of supporters primed for his pointed to Trump as the instiga- publications. He owned a video production company, various web- call to stop Biden’s victory. tor. sites, a Los Angeles-area casino and 10 Hustler boutiques. He also RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man is charged with Though most of the Senate “And when his mob overran licensed the Hustler name to independently owned strip clubs. setting a series of fires that destroyed an artist’s studio, a jurors have already made up and occupied the Senate and at- garage, vehicle and other property. their minds on acquittal or con- tacked the House and assaulted Raymond Andrzejewski, 68, made his first court appear- viction, they were riveted and law enforcement, he watched Isbell To Donate Share Of Sales To NAACP ance in Pennington County Court Wednesday on four counts of sat silently. Screams from the it on TV like a reality show. He arson. audio and video filled the Sen- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer songwriter reveled in it.” Jason Isbell says he is going to donate money that he makes from “He’s setting fires in neighborhoods, peoples’ lives are at ate chamber. Senators shook In one scene, a Capitol Police risk,” said police Capt. James Johns. their heads, folded their arms Morgan Wallen’s cover of his song “Cover Me Up” to the NAACP. officer redirects Sen. Mitt Rom- Wallen, who has had the No. 1 album in the country for the Johns said Andrzejewski’s arrest is the result of “really and furrowed their brows. One ney, R-Utah, down a `hallway to past four weeks, was caught on camera last week saying a racial exhaustive police work” that included interviews, surveillance, Republican, James Lankford of avoid the mob. It was the same slur, but sales of his record increased after radio stations removed Out officer, Eugene Goodman, who physical evidence found at the crime scenes and video footage. Oklahoma, bent his head, a GOP him from their playlists. Two fires on Dec. 6 destroyed a garage, car, some outdoor colleague putting his hand on has been praised as a hero for Isbell, a popular Americana artist and former member of the gear, an artist’s studio and motorcycle. Another fire was dis- his arm in comfort. having lured rioters away from Drive-By Truckers, wrote “Cover Me Up,” which Wallen included as covered in the entryway to West Park Apartments on Dec. 31. A “On Jan. 6, President Trump the Senate doors. a cover in his sophomore record, “Dangerous: The Double Album.” garage behind a nursing school was burned on Jan. 23. left everyone in this Capitol for “It tears at your heart and Isbell posted on social media on Wednesday that he wasn’t go- Johns said police aren’t 100% sure of Andrzejewski’s alleged dead,” said Rep. Joaquin Castro, brings tears to your eyes,” ing to keep his portion of those sales. On D-Texas, a prosecutor. Romney said after watching the motive, but have ruled out any insurance scheme. “I’ve decided to donate everything I’ve made so far from this A judge set bond at $30,000 cash. It’s not clear whether Pence, who had been video. He said he didn’t real- album to the Nashville chapter of the @NAACP. 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