Man reported following woman from 17th and Harney area, Omaha NE


A female reported that a man followed her from near 17th and Harney streets to another location. The suspect was described as wearing a sweatshirt possibly covering his arm, dark pants or black shorts, and had short hair. Officers searched the area near a bridge and a nearby homeless encampment but found conflicting descriptions and no clear suspect match.
Audio|Source: Omaha Police Dispatch - Southeast
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Transcript:
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...302. She's stating it was a male about 5-7.
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She didn't have anything else for us, clothing.
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She didn't get a good look at him, possibly a sweatshirt and dark pants, dark long pants.
00:15
She's not like a black t-shirt and black shorts.
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We got a shorter afro.
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It's 4A1. I'm on 16th on the bridge.
00:22
Where's the other?
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He's underneath the bridge right now.
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I'll take it right on Mason.
00:26
He was swinging his arms, yelling to himself this whole time, but he's going to be underneath the bridge.
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I'll call it when he's under here.
00:32
You're going to go a little bit further and then cut back to the east.
00:36
He'll be under there.
00:37
There will be a homeless encampment under that bridge.
00:39
It should be off to your left side there.
00:41
It was a male, black shirt.
00:44
It looks like it was maybe ripped around the collar area.
00:46
Black shorts, white tennis shoes, short afro.
00:49
For that male, you're calling out, have the cast on his arm, wearing his shorts.
00:53
I have a separate male with a hoodie, shorts and a hat.
00:56
The one with our shorts, we followed him pretty much from that area that they were calling out at 17th and St.
01:03
Mary's followed in east and south.
01:06
Yeah, the guy who's pointing with the cast on his arm is the one we've been watching.
01:10
6-12. 6-4-2-2. Are we going to have any charges or can give me a better description?
01:18
6-3 to 6-2.
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I'm unsure if that is our...
01:23
She's stating that he has really short hair, but she did not get a good look at him.
01:29
Claire, do you have a cast on his left arm?
01:30
The female party stating the male party followed her from approximately 17th in Harney to this location.
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With no cast on.
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He had a sweatshirt, covering his arm.
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Clared he said, dog-colored pants.
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This one. Six-four is clear.
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Neither of these parties matched that description.
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Six-five around it.
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One-acre, six-five, forty-eight after.
01:50
763 we're getting more information and she's not 100% on her route we're just getting conflicting information but the double tree she was near the double tree when this incident occurred I'm sure if it was around 15 20 minutes ago it's probably one-a-half
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Location mentioned:
Harney St & S 17th St, Omaha, NE 68183
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