Gretna Breeze A3March 4, 2020

By Sam PimperStaff Writer

Sarpy County PublicDefender Tom Strigenzon Feb. 25 filed a noticefor appeal in the Nebras-ka Court of Appeals forAbram K. Sollman, whoon Feb. 24 was sentencedto 14 to 20 years imprison-ment after being convictedof vehicular homicide inrelation to the death of a71-year-old Gretna wom-an.

Strigenz, who repre-sented the Dowagiac,Mich., man, originallyfiled a motion for a newtrial in district court afterhis client was found guiltyon three counts by Dis-trict Court Judge GeorgeThompson during a De-cember 2019 bench trial.

Sollman was also sen-tenced to 60 days impris-onment for driving underthe influence first offense,and 90 days for first-of-fense reckless driving. The

sentences are running con-secutively, or back to back,according to Strigenz.

Strigenz, court recordsshow, on the first appealcontended there were is-sues with Sollman’s trialthat “materially affectedhis (client’s) substantialrights.”

Strigenz, in his motionto the court on Dec. 19 lastyear, said that the verdictreached was not sustainedby sufficient evidence orwas contrary to law, to-witthe evidence presenteddidn’t support a findingthat the proximate causeof death was the defen-dant operating a vehicle inviolation of two Nebraskastate statutes (60-6,213; 60-6,197.06) relating to reck-less driving and drivingduring a period of revoca-tion.

Strigenz also highlight-ed that he believes therewas an error of law occur-ring during the trial, to-wit the court should have

considered a lesser offenseof Class I Misdemeanormotor vehicle homicide.

The driving force be-hind Cassandra Clausen’sdeath is what the defensehas shown a point of con-tention with, and is whatit’s focusing on with itsmost recent appeal, Stri-genz said.

“Our whole defense inthis case was the causationof the accident,” Strigenzsaid during a phone in-terview. “There is noquestion that Ms. Clausenturned in front of him, andI felt the causation of theaccident was a result ofthat. The court, of course,found that the cause wasthat he (Sollman) wasdriving while intoxicat-ed.”

The defendant on Feb.1, 2019, was reportedlydriving drunk when his2002 Volkswagen JettaCollided with a 2017 Hon-da CRV driven by the vic-tim, as reported by The

Omaha World-Herald.Investigators from the

Sarpy County Sheriff’sOffice determined Clau-sen was traveling east onNorth Star Drive near theNebraska Crossing Out-lets at about 6:15 p.m. thatday.

The Honda was mak-ing a left turn onto High-way 6 when it was struckby Sollman’s southboundVolkswagen.

An appellate court ap-peal, Strigenz said, neededto be made within 30 daysof sentencing. He notedthat his most recent appealwas done to dot his I’s andcross his T’s to ensure hisclient is represented inthe most effective mannerpossible.

But, he acknowledgedreceiving a new trial is along shot.“They are filed often,

but rarely granted,” hesaid of appeals motions.

Man convicted of vehicular homicide seeks new trial

By Rachel GeorgeEditor

A six-month long in-vestigation that culminat-ed in the closing of NE-Thing Smokin’ Glass Shopin Gretna on Feb. 7, 2019has wrapped up.

During a search ofthe business, authoritiesfound one pound of mar-ijuana, one pound of THCwax, mushrooms and fourounces of hashish, alongwith bags and scales. Twoloaded semi-automatichandguns and one loadedrevolver were also taken.

Deputies then searchedthe owners’ home, and

found a small marijuanagrowing operation. Therewere nine mature marijua-na plants, growing lights,fertilizer and equipmentto produce THC wax.

Isaac Grell and his wifewere at the business whenit was searched. Their twochildren were at homewhen deputies arrived.

Grell was sentencedto 5 to 10 years on fourcharges on Jan. 22. He wascharged with possessionof a controlled substancewith intent to deliver,two counts of felony childabuse and manufacturingof a controlled substance.

About 14 membersfrom the Sarpy CountySheriff’s Office, NebraskaState Patrol and OmahaPolice Department coor-dinated the investigationthrough the Omaha MetroDrug Task Force.

“Outstanding effortby all the investigatorsinvolved,” said Sgt. Rick

Montgomery with theSarpy County Sheriff’sOffice. “A lot of time andenergy was put forth toachieve the end result.

“At the end of the day,we were most concernedabout the safety of thecommunity.”

— BH News Service con-tributed to this report.

Grell sentenced in glass shop investigation

At its Feb. 25 meeting,the Gretna Planning Com-mission:

• Tabled a public hear-ing on a planned unit de-velopment amendmentfor Nebraska Crossing, in-cluding additional build-ings and parking for thedevelopment. The itemwill be on the March meet-ing agenda.

• Held a public hear-ing and ultimately rec-ommended approval ofplanned unit developmentamendment #3 for theRoyal View ApartmentsCommunity, includingchanges to design stan-dards for development.The change will allow ei-ther pitched or flat roofson the remaining lots.

The Planning Commis-sion’s next meeting willbe March 24 at 6:30 p.m.

at Gretna City Hall, 204 N.McKenna Ave. For agen-das or past meeting min-utes, visit gretnane.org.

— Rachel George

PlanningCommission Digest

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