Nebraska AG: No charges over ex-state senator’s photos
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's attorney general said he will not file criminal charges against fellow Republican and former state lawmaker Mike Groene over photos the ex-lawmaker surreptitiously took of an aid.There is not enough information from the results of a Nebraska State Patrol investigation to warrant criminal charges against Groene, a spokeswoman for Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson said Thursday.Groene, of North Platte, nebraska-4e1c6b79f26b44552d65acb00165a123">resigned from office earlier this year after acknowledging that he photographed his legislative aide in his office without his knowledge. The former staffer, Kristina Konecko, said in a complaint to the Legislature's Executive Board that she discovered the photos on Groene's laptop, which he had given her to update. She said some of the photos included close-ups of body parts.Groene, a blunt-spoken, often abrasive Republican who…