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Woman gets 6 months for role in Nebraska cattle theft

Amy Springer
Amy Springer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 43-year-old woman has been given jail time and told to make restitution for helping to steal cattle in Nebraska’s York County and selling them in southwestern Iowa.

Amy Springer, formerly of Omaha, Monday was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to pay nearly $1,800 to a feedlot owner in York County. Court records say Springer pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a felony after prosecutors reduced the charge from theft and dropped a burglary count.

Prosecutors say she and Ervin Jacob stole two steers from the feedlot and sold them at a sale barn in Massena, Iowa.

The 58-year-old Jacob has pleaded not guilty to theft and burglary charges. His trial is scheduled to begin April 19.

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