LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - A June sentencing has been scheduled for a 26-year-old man convicted for an exchange of gunshots with Lexington police.
The Kearney Hub reports (https://bit.ly/1R6dNyu ) that Jose Covarrubias pleaded no contest and was convicted on four counts last week. A weapons charge was dropped in exchange for his pleas. He’ll be sentenced on June 29.
Police say officers checking on a disturbance on July 30 last year saw Covarrubias fire a handgun at a woman fleeing a house. The officers say he fired at their vehicles, and one officer returned fire before Covarrubias fled. A child was treated at a hospital for a minor injury from an apparent ricochet.
Authorities say Covarrubias was captured in September in Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tried to return to this country.
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Information from: Kearney Hub, https://www.kearneyhub.com/
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