Man convicted of killing Mario Herrera sentenced in separate case
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Felipe Vazquez, the teen who killed Lincoln Police Investigator Mario Herrera in 2020, during the serving of a search warrant, was sentenced Friday in connection to a separate case.
Vazquez was charged with Second-Degree Assault in connection to the stabbing death of Edward Varejcka in March of 2020. Vazquez pleaded no contest. Charges of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony and First-Degree murder were dismissed.
Judge Andrew Jacobsen sentenced Vazquez in a Lancaster County Court to 17 to 20 years behind bars. That sentence will be consecutive to his nearly 70-year prison sentence for killing Herrera. A consecutive sentence is served after any prior sentences have been served.
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