Florida man extradited from Lincoln to Council Bluffs for Carter Lake murder charge

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – The Florida man who reportedly attacked a police officer at a Lincoln Arby’s is now behind bars in Council Bluffs, facing a murder charge.

Joseph Bertolino III is charged with killing 62-year-old Kenneth Gauff at a Carter Lake hotel last Tuesday.

He waived his right to extradition to Pottawattamie County on Friday and arrived in Iowa today a little before noon.

Before police learned about the homicide, police say Bertolino tried grabbing an officer’s gun during a fight at Arby’s in Lincoln…

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