Posted on 09/07/2013 5:11:55 PM PDT by Arthurio
While the investigators in the Jenkins case are still keeping details of the murders under wraps, sources tell Channel Six News it appears that what led up to Andrea Kruger's death happened quickly.
In the early morning hours of August 21, Andrea Kruger, a wife and mother of three, was on her way home from work, approaching the intersection of 168th and Fort, where she was about to become the victim of a random attack.
Our sources tell us Nikko Jenkins, along with an unidentified second party were in a vehicle stopped at that intersection when Andrea Kruger happened to pull up behind them. Authorities believe that as Kruger's car slowed to a stop, Jenkins got out of his car, went over to Kruger's, opened the door, pulled her out into the street and shot her several times in the head.
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Some jaw-dropping background on this lunatic, from WOWT. Apparently he feels his Constitutional rights have been violated and will be representing himself. He appears to have himself quite an interesting little family as well:
Nikko Jenkins has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Andrea Kruger, Curtis Bradford, Juan Uribe-Pena and Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz.
“Jenkins was an indiscriminate killer since being released from prison on July 30th,” said Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer, who added during Wednesday’s news conference that law enforcement continues to look at other individuals who may have been involved in the murders.
The bodies of 26-year-old Juan Uribe-Pena and 29-year-old Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz were found in a pickup in Spring Lake Park near 18th and F streets on August 11th; 22-year-old Curtis Bradford was found near 18th and Clark on August 19th and 33-year-old Andrea Kruger was found at North 168th and Fort streets on August 21st. All had been shot to death.
Chief Schmaderer said Omaha police and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department worked together to connect the cases. Sheriff Tim Dunning said evidence from each murder connects the cases to Jenkins.
Schmaderer added that while some of the murders were random in nature, others were not. He said he could not say why the victims were killed since the investigation into the possible involvement of others is ongoing. Officials said Jenkins and Bradford knew one another and may have done time together in prison. The chief added that Jenkins is a suspect in other crimes, but did not elaborate further.
Jenkins is scheduled to be arraigned on the murder charges Thursday afternoon.
A judge had set bond at 10 percent of $500,000 on Tuesday after the 26-year-old Jenkins was charged with making terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. His mother, Laurie, and sister, Melonie, also appeared in court Tuesday to face tampering charges. Laurie’s bond was set at $150,000 while Melonie’s was set at $250,000.
Jenkins’ other sister, Erica, and a friend, Christine Bordeaux, also face charges, but were not expected to appear in court until Wednesday.
Before the judge even read the court instructions inside the Douglas County jail Tuesday afternoon, Nikko started explaining how his constitutional rights were being violated. The judge told him it’s an issue for another day.
Deputy County Attorney Chad Brown told the court that it’s the state’s intention to charge Jenkins as an habitual criminal. Jenkins will go to court for two guns charges on Wednesday. He informed the court that he will represent himself.
When most suspects say very little at bond review, Jenkins continued to talk. He told the court that the victim had planned to withdraw statements that he had threatened her and her family. “At no point did I threaten her,” he said, explaining it didn’t make sense considering she had his name tattooed on her face. This from a man whose own face is covered in tattoos.
Nikko’s wife, Chalonda Jenkins, sat inside the jail courtroom where the public is separated by glass. She declined to comment following the bond hearings.
Three years ago, she wrote the court a letter because he wanted a divorce. She told the court, “I stick by my husband’s side through thick and thin.” In that letter, she described another woman as Jenkin’s “sugar momma” and the “sugar momma” was the cause of the family problems.
Three years later, that woman is the one who says Jenkins and his family are threatening her life. For that, Nikko was arrested for making terroristic threats.
An Omaha police report says he threatened to kill her and her family and promised to send “demonic forces” to her mother’s residence. Investigators say Nikko, his mother Laurie and sister Melonie, all called the woman to “go to OPD and drop the charges or we will hurt you and your family.” Laurie and Melonie have been charged with witness tampering.
The victim told investigators she had been followed and called repeatedly to drop the case and is “extremely scared.” Chalonda Jenkins, in court documents, said her husband Nikko “has a lot of mental disorders.”
Jenkins served half his robbery sentence of 21 years. Despite trying to escape and biting a corrections officer, he still qualified for the “Good Time Law.” Without it , he’d still be in prison.
“It doesn’t make sense to have a guideline like that which applies to everyone across the board,” said Nebraska state Sen. Jeremy Nordquist. “There needs to be more discretion used by the department.”
We caught up with Nordquist and fellow state Sen. Health Mello during the Labor Day Parade. Both say prison overcrowding and the issues that surround it will be top priorities when the Legislature convenes in January.
“The Good Time Law and the conversations going on with it, as we know, there are violent criminals that need to stay in our Department of Corrections longer,” said Mello, who fears if the state doesn’t figure out a way to release non-violent offenders, the federal government will step in and all sorts of offenders could be walking out of Nebraska prisons.
Some experts wonder how there can be overcrowding when someone like Nikko Jenkins with such a violent past gets out early with no supervision.
Agreed.
But reading such stories can easily give one a distorted idea of the actual risk.
If he gets the death penalty, PETA will probably object.
The thug has loser written all over him, literally. I’m sorry but I’m getting tired of black on white crime being labeled something other than racially motivated.
Is there some way to bullet proof your car windows?
Quick, yes, random, no way. The guy was looking for a white person.
How can Jacki Ochoa honestly think this was random? Doesn't she have a conscience? An honest headline would say, "Andrea Kruger's Murder Was Likely Racial Retaliation"
nice job on the furniture. Checkering is hard to do right.
Very rare to get them. Winchester does make them in limited runs. Very expensive.
That’s a great article. bfl
I wonder what kind of car she was driving. It must have been an older car, as newer cars have automatic door locks that could have prevented this from happening as it did.
Learn from this. Make sure your wife drives a car with automatic door locks even if you have to buy her a new car.
Also, train your wife to do the following when stopped at dark or possibly dangerous intersections: While waiting for the light to change, put the car in reverse and turn the steering wheel sharply to the right. If someone gets out of their car, approaches you on your drivers side and makes a threatening move toward you, gun the engine and run him over.
South Africa is the world leader in the type of technology you are looking for.
I found an expended one on a trail in MT one day. I had to look it up. They expand into a nasty looking item.
We are literally breeding these vermin with our tax money. This has got to stop. There is a tiny little device that could reduce the vermin population, it is called the intrauterine device. It works for years and is idiot proof, even this animal’s mother could have used it effectively. Cut back on their welfare benefits, let them live a spartan life. Cut back on section 8 housing especially since this is a extremely appealing reward to the wanna-be baby mamas. Get pregnant without benefit of a husband and you get your independence and your own nice taxpayer paid apartment. We have been doing this for over forty years! We have to find every way possible to discourage the criminal class from having children on our dime. No more than one child. Do what the local governments used to do before LBJ made welfare national...one child out of wedlock and we will help you, a section child and you will not get any extra help. That is what they used to do and it worked.
The left? Or are you a Brit?
Thanks. Any promotion of it would be appreciated.
Thanks for the laugh. It’s well known that most major city police departments are under-reporting crime. Vast areas of the United States are cesspools....don’t recall the 1950s looking like this. Ever see what Detriot used to look like in the 50s ? Ever see photos of NYC in the 50s. How’s that public education working out. Unwed mothers of ALL races.
Who should I believe...you ? Or my lying eyes.
“I wonder what kind of car she was driving. It must have been an older car, as newer cars have automatic door locks that could have prevented this from happening as it did.”
He might have pointed the gun at her and ordered her to open the door.
If she had never been taught differently, she might have complied.
Bump
Whenever I’m at a stop light or in traffic, I keep enough distance between myself and the car in front so that I can pull out and get away if I have to. No bumper-to-bumper.
Suburban?
Looks cornfield to me.
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