Omaha man sentenced after attempting to kidnap child

An Omaha man accepted a plea deal and was sentenced for false imprisonment

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Omaha man takes plea deal, sentenced after attempting to kidnap child

An Omaha man accepted a plea deal and was sentenced for false imprisonment

OMAHA, Neb. —

An Omaha man accepted a plea deal and was sentenced for false imprisonment.

Larry Hart, 48, pleaded no contest last week to first-degree false imprisonment. A Douglas County District Judge then sentenced Hart to 364 days in jail.

Previous Coverage: Omaha man allegedly attempted to kidnap child he believed was his, police report says

Last December, officers were called to the NP Mart on N 24th Street.

The caller reported that a shirtless man, later identified as Hart, wearing blue jeans, attempted to remove her grandchild from her vehicle.

She said she had left the 2-year-old inside the vehicle while she went into a business to make a purchase.

According to the police report, the woman looked outside and saw Hart holding the child in the vehicle’s back seat.

The report stated that a security officer confronted Hart, who returned the child to the vehicle before leaving the area.

When officers arrived, they located Hart walking east on Cuming Street. He was taken into custody without incident.

According to the police report, Hart claimed that “he believed that the grandchild was his child and that he wanted to take the child to his aunt Jody’s house.”

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