Grand Island
Assault
On January 18, 2000, Jerome Menyweather punched his girlfriend, Sandy Schieffer, who was full-term at the time, and knocked her down a flight of stairs.
In June 2000, County Judge Phillip Martin sentenced Menyweather to nine months in jail after he pleaded guilty to assault. Martin said "I consider this to be a pretty brutal act."
Reference: "Grand Island Man Sentenced to Jail After Hitting Pregnant Girlfriend." The Grand Island Independent, June 8, 2000.
Lincoln
Vandalism
Pro-abortionists vandalized the Nebraska office of the National Right to Life Committee on the last weekend of January 1993. The pro-aborts sprayed graffiti and slogans all over the building and the public sidewalk, apparently in response to a local "Walk for Life."
Reference: "Nebraska RTL Office Vandalized." National Right to Life News, February 9, 1993, page 19.
North Platte
Second-Degree Murder, Use of a Weapon in the Commission of a Felony, Abuse of a Corpse and Drug Possession
On December 2, 2001, Daniel Losinger murdered Vicki Soto, who was 8½ months pregnant. He slashed her throat and then, in an act of unbelievable savagery, cut off both of her legs. Her husband found her mangled body in their North Platte basement apartment.
He was sentenced to sixty years to life in prison for second-degree murder and ten to twenty years for using a weapon to commit a felony. He was already in jail for possession of marijuana when the new charges were brought against him.
In October 2004, the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected Losinger's plea for a lesser sentence, ruling that the vicious nature of his crime justified the long sentence. The passage of Nebraska's unborn victims law was passed a year after Soto's death.
References: "Nebraska Court Rejects Lesser Sentence for Killing Pregnant Woman." Steven Ertelt's LifeNews.com Pro-Life News Report, October 7, 2004; Leah Thorsen. "Cases Test Law on Fetal Killing." Lincoln Journal Star, December 31, 2004.
Omaha
First-Degree Murder, Manslaughter, and First-Degree Assault (2 counts)
According to sworn affidavits and police and witness statements, the following events occurred in and around Omaha, Nebraska.
On October 7, 2004, William Floyd Jr. threatened his pregnant girlfriend, Destiny Davis. Destiny went to the home of Shantelle Vickers, Floyd's ex-girlfriend. Floyd arrived at Vickers' home and began firing a handgun into the house, hitting Davis and two others inside. Destiny died soon afterwards.
JoDee Westling, a spokeswoman for the Women's Resource Center, said "I'm thrilled to know that somebody's being brought to trial for this. That baby was a human being too."
Reference: Leah Thorsen. "Cases Test Law on Fetal Killing." Lincoln Journal Star, December 31, 2004.
Second-Degree Murder (2 counts) and Use of a Weapon in the Commission of a Felony (2 counts)
In December 2004, Bobby Joe Moss savagely beat his girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Harlan, who was eight months pregnant. Then he shot her three times in the back with a handgun. She was still alive even after this murderous assault, so Moss threw her into the trunk of his car and drove her to Carter Lake, where he dumped her into the water.
Moss was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of using a weapon to commit a felony. Searchers found Michelle's body on December 6, 2004 in Carter Lake.
The double count of murder lodged against Moss was the first time that Nebraska's fetal homicide law was used.
Moss waived his right to a jury, and was sentenced to 65 to 100 years in prison, and will be eligible for parole in 32½ years.
Judge J. Patrick Mullen said to Moss, "Shooting Michelle Harlan three times in the back is cold enough. To throw her in the back of the car while she's asking for help shows you were only thinking of yourself."
Reference: Leah Thorsen. "Cases Test Law on Fetal Killing."Lincoln Journal Star, December 31, 2004.
Assault (4 incidents) and Disorderly Conduct (2 incidents)
On October 21, 1992, abortionist G.W. Orr was arrested at the Women's Services abortion mill for spraying water on pro-lifers and pouring gasoline over a barrel of concrete and tar which protestors had their arms locked around.
To prove that he had not learned his lesson, on December 17, 1992, Orr was arrested again for assault and disorderly conduct stemming from a legal pro-life picket at his home. In both cases, pro-abortionists brought intense pressure on the prosecutor's office to drop all charges, proving once and for all that they support violence against pro-lifers.
References: "G.W. Orr Faces Charges Tied to Abortion Protest." Omaha World Herald, December 17, 1992, page 17; "Omaha Abortionist Arrested for Assault." Life Advocate, March 1993, page 31.
Assault (2 incidents)
On February 11, 1994, at the Women's Medical Center of Nebraska abortion mill, a pro-abortionist knocked pro-lifer Sharon McKee to the ground twice as she approached a vehicle in order to offer the mother alternative choices to abortion.
Reference: Operation Rescue National, Violence and Disruption Report, December 1, 1994.
Criminal Negligence and Unlawful Abortion
On September 6, 1979, abortionist C.J. LaBenz committed an illegal third trimester abortion on a viable baby and, when the 2 pound 9 ounce boy was born alive, simply let him die. The little one only lived for 2« hours. A nurse involved in this case testified that the infant was placed on a sink drain board in what she called a "dirty utility room," that he moved his arms and legs and cried intermittently, and that his breathing seemed normal. LaBenz was charged with criminal negligence and unlawful abortion. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) rushed to his defense and raised legal funds for him.
References: "G.W. Orr Faces Charges Tied to Abortion Protest." Omaha World Herald, December 17, 1992, page 17; also see Omaha World-Herald, October 9, 12, 13 and 19, 1979, November 12 and 25, 1979 and October 10, 1980; Associated Press, October 10, 1979, November 15, 1979, and December 14, 15, and 28, 1979; Lincoln Star, October 12 and 31, 1979; "Planned Parenthood Supporting Abortionist Charged in Infant's Death." National Right to Life News, March 1980, page 21; "Abortionist Pleads 'Not Guilty.'" National Right to Life News, January 1980, page 6; James Cunningham. "Shall Not Have Died in Vain." National Right to Life News, January 1980, page 11.
Reckless Driving, Theft and Disorderly Conduct
On June 7, 2002, pro-lifer Sharon McKee was standing on some grass next to the public pavement at the Women's Services abortion mill, when abortionist C.J. Labenz drove his car up onto the grass and knocked her to the ground. He then yelled for an ambulance before noticing another activist, John Kelly, 73, holding a video camera. The abortionist tried to seize the camera from the elderly man when an off-duty policewoman working as a security guard intervened and restored the camera to Mr. Kelly.
Next, the abortionist tried to walk off with McKee's protest sign. The policewoman stopped him but the abortionist got away with McKee's clipboard, telephone, and $350.00 cash hidden behind the clipboard. The police retrieved both from inside the abortuary, but the cash was gone and the phone had been smashed.
In September 2002, Labenz was charged with reckless driving, theft and disorderly conduct. He pleaded no contest in Douglas County Court to careless driving and disturbing the peace, and Judge Thomas McQuade sentenced the abortionist to a $75 fine on each count, for a total of $150.
So not only did the abortionist get off scot-free with a possible attempted murder, he made a $200 profit for his attacks, considering that he kept Sharon McKee's $350!
References: "Abortionist Charged With Crimes Against Pro-Lifer." LifeSite Daily News at http://www.lifesite.net, September 5, 2002; Gary McCullough. "Abortionist Arrested for Hitting Protester With Car." CCN News, September 21, 2002; "Doctor Fined Over Incident at Clinic." Omaha World-Herald, December 3, 2002. Downloaded from http://www.omaha.com on December 5, 2003.
Felony Child Abuse and Fraud
36-year-old David A. Gills posed as the father of a 16-year-old girl he had gotten pregnant when he took her to the Womens Services abortion mill in Omaha and signed consent forms that allowed her to get an abortion in defiance of state abortion laws. In Nebraska, abortionists must notify the parents of teen-agers younger than age 18 at least 48 hours before the girl gets an abortion.
On June 14, 2000, Gills was sentenced to 1½ to two years in prison. He pleaded no contest to felony child abuse in May of 2000.
Douglas County District Judge Richard J. Spethman said anything less than jail time would depreciate the seriousness of the crime. He expressed concern that Gills continued to contact the girl even after he was arrested. "You've got this little girl so messed up now, I don't know if she will ever get straightened out," the judge said.
Prosecutor Leigh Ann Retelsdorf urged jail time, saying that Gills continued to write the girl letters from jail and filed frivolous protection orders against her parents. "I think this case, and this defendant, deserves jail time," she said. "He has continued to make contact with the child."
References: Omaha World-Herald, June 14, 2000; "Omaha Man Sentenced in Abortion-Fraud Case." Steven Ertelt's Pro-Life Infonet at http://www.prolifeinfo.org/infonet.html, June 16, 2000.
Cruelty to Animals [Bellevue]
Four of abortionist Leroy H. Carhart's horses and his two dogs were confiscated by the local humane society due to neglect. The officer of the humane society said she had not obtained a warrant because the animals were in danger of death. She also said that the horses were in danger of starvation even though several large bales of inferior-quality hay were outside a fence, just beyond the reach of the horses, that some of the older horses had bite marks on their backs indicating that younger horses had driven them away from what food was available, and that the most skeletal of the horses, a 20 to 30-year-old female, had to be coaxed from a barn that was a foot deep in mud and excrement. She also said that Carhart "wasn't too happy" that she had taken the horses, and that he threatened to file charges against her.
Deborah Reay, former administrator of the Women's Medical Center of Nebraska, where Carhart worked, testified in a lawsuit against Carhart that he fell asleep while administering an anesthetic, performed abortions while talking on the telephone, and botched two abortions.
References: Eugene Curtin. "Carhart's Horses Confiscated: Officials Cite 'Neglect.'" Bellevue Leader, July 25, 1992, pages 1 and 4; James Allen Flanery. "Fired Woman Files Lawsuit Against Clinic." Omaha World-Herald, July 26, 1991, pages 11 and 20.
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