50-year-old Tony Pierce charged with felony motor vehicle homicide in crash killing Ceresco police officer during traffic stop, suspicions of phone use.

Tony Pierce, a 50-year-old man from Lincoln, has been charged with felony motor vehicle homicide following a crash that killed Ceresco Police Officer Ross Bartlett on April 12. The incident occurred during a traffic stop on Highway 77 when Pierce's Ford F-150 struck Bartlett's parked cruiser, pushing it into another vehicle. Investigators suspect phone use contributed to the crash. If convicted, Pierce faces up to three years in prison.