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Gering, Scottsbluff, Bayard, those were the three cities that were hit. Early on July 15th, SWAT activities were reported in those three cities, in Scotts Bluff and Morrill Counties.

Panhandle Scanner News Team was in close contact with authorities that executed high-profile warrants in Scottsbluff, Bayard, and Gering in the early morning hours of July 15th. Media personnel, Cody Thomas with the Nebraska State Patrol, tells Panhandle Scanner that Sheriff Mark Overman and Sheriff Brown with Scottsbluff County Sheriff's Office took the lead on this warrant ex*****on assignment. Following multiple months of investigation by W.I.N.G. and partner agencies, law enforcement served multiple search and arrest warrants beginning in the early morning hours.

Due to the nature of the crimes and weapons involved, the warrants were served by the Scotts Bluff County SWAT Team, the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team, and the U.S. Marshals Metro Fugitive Task Force. All warrants were served without incident. The Scottsbluff and Gering Police Departments, Scottsbluff County Sheriff's Office, and the Nebraska State Patrol, including the Air Wing, Homeland Security Investigators Agents, and Regional West Ambulance Service, also provided personnel for this key operation.

Two adults, Preston Torres-Islas, age 18, and Rochne Gukeisen, age 19, were charged with possession of a machine gun. Five juveniles were arrested, three aged 17, one 15, and one 16. All are in custody.

Dangerous drugs, automatic weapons, and out-of-control youth.

Thank you to the agencies that carried out this operation, keeping our community safe. And don't forget our public record every day for more crime news.

Well, the custom harvesters are finally able to get busy, and in fact many of them were not able to take our phone call today, but we are going to go ahead and give you an idea where everybody's harvesting.

Let's take a look.

Zeller Harvesting is getting some night chopping done on some corn, while BT Harvesting has been keeping busy finishing up winter wheat, West River, South Dakota. They're reporting some beautiful wheat with some even better scenery.

Van Dreisten's Combines made it to Montana. After a handful of super hot days on the road, they got the campers parked, plugged in, dragged out the tubes, and headed for the river. At 6 p.m. it was still 90 degrees plus, making it a perfect way to wrap up an uneventful trip north. The excitement is building as they get ready for the next chapter of harvest. Before long, the guys will have the machines unloaded, duels installed, and maintenance wrapped up before we head to the fields. They wrote.

Sanders Harvesting and Trucking is in Wyoming with some really short wheat and some big rocks. Take a look at that photo on our page at Harvest USA Report. He's not kidding. In fact, you can catch all these stories and more on our Harvest USA page, or on the web at HarvestUSAReport.com.

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Yesterday did have some significant scanner traffic.

On Monday at 10:37 am, traffic indicated a stolen vehicle. A 2024 Jeep Wrangler with a lift kit. License plate Nebraska 60FEET6. Last known location heading west on Highway 88 from Highway 71.

Based on that license plate number and our experience on the mound and behind the plate, this Jeep may belong to a baseball player.

In any case, Scotts Bluff County has the vehicle in sight and was headed west on Highway 88 towards Wyoming. Once the vehicle hit the state line, both Gering and Scotts Bluff County were no longer in pursuit of the vehicle.

A short time later, it was the Wyoming Highway Patrol posting that the vehicle had been caught.

"Two juvenile suspects are in custody after a high-speed chase that started in Nebraska and ended in Cheyenne."

The Wyoming Highway Patrol was alerted to a chase in progress coming out of Nebraska into Goshen County involving the stolen Jeep Wrangler. Wyoming troopers made contact and joined the pursuit at 11.31am near the Antelope East Cheyenne on the I-80 service road. The pursuit continued at a high rate of speed with the vehicle exiting onto Campstool Road where Cheyenne PD joined the pursuit.

The Jeep then left the road near Sierra Trading Post and attempted to jump the railroad track south of Sun Valley. The suspects fleed, entering a residence in southern Sun Valley where they were taken into custody with the aid of a K-9 unit from the Cheyenne Police Department. Great teamwork with multiple agencies including Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Department, Gering Police Department, Cheyenne Police Department, the Laramie County Sheriff's Office, and the Wyoming Highway Patrol.