FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man suspected of intending to make a prostitute out of a 15-year-old Iowa runaway has taken a plea deal. The Fremont Tribune reports that 37-year-old Joe Lockett, of Omaha, pleaded no contest Monday in Dodge County District Court to sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors dropped sex trafficking and other charges in return for Lockett’s plea. His sentencing is scheduled for March 11. Court records say sheriff’s deputies found the girl with Lockett in his vehicle during a traffic stop on Oct. 26 on the north side of Fremont.

The records say the girl later told deputies that she had sex with Lockett at a motel and that Lockett was seeking to prostitute her out to other parties for money.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A court document says a former supervisor intends to plead guilty to federal charges that he conspired with others to manipulate water sample test results at the Sioux City wastewater treatment plant. Patrick Schwarte’s attorney filed a notice Monday in U.S. District Court. His plea hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23.

Prosecutors say chlorine was added to wastewater on days that E. coli samples were taken. The samples then showed plant discharges into the Missouri River met federal limits for levels of fecal coliform and E. coli. The chlorine was reduced after the tests, saving the city money.

The city dismissed Schwarte and the plant superintendent in June 2015 after the Iowa Natural Resources Department began an investigation.

Red Oak Police, Monday night, arrested 42-year old Chrystal Rush Stewart, of Red Oak. Stewart was taken into custody at around 6-p.m. in the 200 block of N. 2nd Street, and charged with Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating the armed robbery of a convenience store. Officers were dispatched at around 2:22-a.m. today (Tuesday), to the Kwik Shop at 3632 Ave G, in reference to a robbery call. When they arrived, they made contact with an employee, who said an unknown man walked into the store and pointed a handgun at her. The robber, who was dressed from head-to-toe in black, made her open the cash register.

Surveillance camera still frame of robbery suspect (1-8-19)

After getting an unknown amount of cash, the suspect left the store in an unknown direction. The area was checked by officers but they were unable to locate the robber.  If you have any information pertaining to the crime, call the Council Bluffs Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.