Man used brick to break into north Lincoln deli, police say

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A man smashed a Lincoln deli’s front door in a burglary early Friday morning, police say.

Around 5:20 a.m., officers were sent to European Grocery Store & Deli near 27th and Superior streets on a report of a burglary.

Witnesses saw a man, later identified as 20-year-old Deng Mengelkamp, jump through the deli’s glass front door, police said.

Officers later found Mengelkamp, who matched the description given by the witnesses, near Bel-Ridge Drive and Superior Streets.

He was arrested on suspicion of burglary.

Police said Mengelkamp used a brick to smash the front glass door.  It caused an estimated $500 in damage.