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Wessel J. Pelser, 30, of Bartlett appeared in the Madison County courtroom last week on Antelope County charges. Pelser pleaded guilty to two counts, driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense, a Class W misdemeanor, and speeding, 91 miles per hour in a 65-mph zone, an infraction. The Honorable Donna Taylor sentenced Pelser to 21 days in the Antelope County Jail, with credit for one day previously served; a $500 fine and revoked his driver’s license for one year on the DUI conviction, and a $200 fine for the speeding count, along w...
Reduced speed limit signs, with flashing lights, will warn traffic traveling near the new Summerland School site, to slow down. Antelope County commissioners approved a resolution to the effect during Tuesday's meeting, in Neligh. Speed limit signs, slowing traffic to 35 miles per hour, have been placed at four spots, 200 feet in each direction, from the intersection of 857th (Summerland) Road and 513 Avenue. Commissioner Dean Smith asked if flashing lights have been installed. Boggs said,...
Jennifer A. Blevins, 35, of Pierce, who was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a Class 4 felony count, possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, alleged May 14 north of Oakdale, waived her right to the hearing and was bound over to Antelope County district court by the Honorable Donna Taylor last week. She is set for arraignment in district court Sept. 29. Bond, posted May 15, in the amount of $10,000, 10% cash, was continued. She is represented by Antelope County public defender Melissa Figueroa. A motion for continuance,...
Two individuals appeared in the Antelope County court last Wednesday, Sept. 1, on allegations related to a vehicle stolen in North Dakota. According to a probable-cause affidavit filed by Neligh police chief Michael Wright, he responded to a call reporting a vehicle parked on the east side of the Casey’s General Store in Neligh with the vehicle running and a male who had been standing outside in the rain, hitting his head on the side of the building, then laid on the ground, shaking. According to the affidavit, the female driver initially p...
Hope M. Petite, 27, of Orchard appeared in the Antelope County district court last Wednesday, Aug. 25, alongside her court-appointed attorney, Martin Klein of Neligh, for pretrial hearing on five counts. Charges included, Count I, second-degree assault, a Class 2A felony; Count II, third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor; Count III, leaving scene of property- damage accident, a Class 2 misdemeanor and counts IV and V, willful reckless driving, Class 3 misdemeanors. Klein announced a plea agreement. In return for Petite’s guilty pleas to cou...
A Medicaid/SNAP fraud case has been bound over to district court. Tiffany Beckman, 35, of Neligh faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County court in Neligh last Wednesday, Aug. 18, on allegations of obtaining Medicaid assistance by fraud between Nov. 1, 2018, and April 30, 2020, (in an aggregate in excess of $1,500) and obtaining Nebraska Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by fraud between Nov. 1, 2018, and Aug. 31, 2020, (in an aggregate in excess of $1,500). The charges were filed by Antelope County attorney Joe...
Four individuals, who were charged with selling alcohol or tobacco to a 16-year-old female informant during July 20-22 compliance checks by the Nebraska State Patrol, waived their rights to counsel, pleaded guilty and were each fined $500 and taxed $50 costs by the Honorable Donna Taylor last week. Taylor said there is “an underground network” among underage individuals looking to buy alcohol and tobacco. County attorney Joe Abler showed Taylor a copy of the informant’s identification card, which both said has the date in “large red letters...
The Honorable Donna Taylor allowed several defendants continuances when she presided from the bench in the Antelope County courtroom last Wednesday, Aug. 18. Matthew F. Brandt, 34, of Royal appeared for sentencing on a conviction of leaving the scene of a property-damage accident, a Class 2 misdemeanor committed Jan 28 in Orchard. A continuance was requested to determine the amount of restitution. Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler said the insurance deductible is $1,000. Taylor reviewed results of a substance abuse evaluation with Brandt,...
Two Oakdale women have admitted to committing forgery as part of the sale of a “friend’s” vehicle. The 2000 GMC Yukon had been parked at the residence of one of the defendants while the vehicle’s owner was out of town for several weeks. Sada L. Carr, 34, changed her pleas to a pair of second-degree forgery counts last week after reaching a plea deal with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler. In return for guilty pleas to the Class 1 misdemeanors, Abler agreed to file no further charges (first-degree conspiracy to commit forgery and forgery in the...
Debra F. Jordan, 54 of Norfolk faced the Honorable Donna Taylor last Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on a felony burglary charge. Court was delayed about 15 minutes, awaiting Jordan’s transport to the courtroom from the county jail. Tilden police chief Robert Peterson was called to the witness stand by Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler and was asked to review his investigation of July 14 crimes alleged at Jordan’s place of employment, JB Mart in Tilden. A Nebraska State Patrol investigator, Brad Higgins, had been present in the courtroom...
Tiffany Beckman, 35, of Neligh faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County court in Neligh last Wednesday, Aug. 4, on allegations of obtaining Medicaid assistance by fraud between Nov. 1, 2018, and April 30, 2020, (in an aggregate in excess of $1,500) and obtaining Nebraska Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by fraud between Nov. 1, 2018, and Aug. 31, 2020, (in an aggregate in excess of $1,500). The charges were filed by Antelope County attorney Joe Abler last month. Both charges are Class 4 felonies. Each carries a...
The Honorable Donna Taylor handled arraignment procedures for 15 defendants when she presided from the bench in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on July 21, for the only county court session held during the month. Anthony Williams, 29, of Wayne appeared to be arraigned on two counts. Charges filed by Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler on July 14 included obstructing government operations, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and disturbing the peace, a Class 3 misdemeanor, both alleged June 27 in...
The Honorable Mark Johnson handed down two sentences last week when he presided from the bench in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh. Michael G. Loy, 51, of Elgin appeared on a conviction of a Class W misdemeanor, driving under the influence of alcohol, less than .15 grams, first offense. Johnson found Loy was not a suitable candidate for probation, that a sentence less than incarceration would depreciate the seriousness of the crime and there was substantial risk Loy would engage in additional criminal activity during a period...
William D. Anson, 37, of Orchard appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom inNeligh on July 21, for a pretrial hearing on a theft by shoplifting charge committed April 24 at Bomgaars in Neligh. Anson changed his plea to guilty, pursuant to a plea deal with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler. In return, Abler agreed to file no additional charges in the case. Abler offered no objection to a defense request to delay sentencing until after Aug. 4. Taylor set sentencing for Aug. 18. Bond in the amount of...
Hope M. Petite, 27, of Orchard appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County court, for arraignment on five counts alleged June 27 in Orchard, Count I, second-degree assault, a Class 2A felony; Count II, third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor; Count III, leaving the scene of a property-damage accident, a Class 2 misdemeanor; and counts IV and V, willful reckless driving, Class 3 misdemeanors. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years on Count I; up to a $1,000 fine and/ or six months in jail on Count II, up to $1,000...
Debra F. Jordan, 54, currently in custody at the Antelope County Law Enforcement Center in Neligh, no permanent address listed, appeared in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh for arraignment on Class 2A felony burglary and Class 1 misdemeanor theft charges last Wednesday, July 21. If convicted, the burglary count carries a penalty up to two years in jail and potential for restitution, while a theft charge conviction could result in a $1,000 fine and/or up to a year in jail. County attorney Joe Abler amended Count I,to a Class 2A felony....
The Honorable Mark Johnson, presiding from the bench at the Antelope County courthouse in Neligh, sentenced three individuals for felony convictions last Wednesday, June 30. Travis D. Mace, 35, of Orchard faced Johnson for sentencing on two crimes committed Jan. 30 in Neligh.On Count II, possession of methamphetamine, a Class 4 felony, Johnson sentenced Mace to 18 months in an institution under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections, with credit given for 143 days previously served. Mace was sentenced to an additional six...
Tyler J. Napier, 31, currently held at the Antelope County Jail, appeared in front of the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district court last week for a pretrial hearing. County attorney Joe Abler made an oral motion for continuance of both the pretrial conference and a jury trial. Johnson sustained the motion. Pretrial is continued to Aug. 25, with the jury trial scheduled Sept. 20. It was noted that an amended complaint was filed by Abler, adding a third count of strangulation to the five original charges. Charges on the...
A. Jared Blevins, 36, of Pierce faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last week for arraignment on a Class 4 felony, possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, alleged May 14. Blevins requested court-appointed counsel. Taylor found him indigent and appointed Brad Montag of Norfolk and set preliminary hearing for July 21. A bond hearing was also held. Bond, in the amount of $10,000, 10% cash, filed May 16, and subsequently revoked June 8, was reinstated with an additional condition for no...
The Honorable Donna Taylor sentenced two Minnesota men when she presided from the bench in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on June 16. Tyler J. Brands, 27, of Glencoe and Nathaniel A Kosek, 28, of Hutchinson were each fined $500 and assessed $50 costs for possessing more than one ounce but less than one pound of marijuana. They pleaded guilty to the Class 3 misdemeanor counts, after reaching plea deals with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler. In return, Abler dismissed an infraction count of possessing drug paraphernalia for each. They...
Russell L. Meyer, 62, of Orchard appeared before the Honorable Donna Taylor last Wednesday, June 2, for arraignment on a charge of second-degree trespass/defy order to leave. Meyer requested court-appointed counsel. After holding an indigency hearing, Taylor appointed public defender Melissa Figueroa. Further arraignment is set June 16. Bond, in the amount of $1,500, 10% cash, posted May 4, is continued. According to a probable-cause affidavit filed by Antelope County sheriff Bob Moore, Meyer was arrested after he continued to trespass,...
Plea bargains were announced in two Antelope County district court cases last Wednesday, May 26, when the Honorable Mark Johnson presided from the bench of the courtroom in Neligh. Michael G. Loy, 51, of Elgin faced Johnson for a pretrial hearing on a felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol, (.15 grams or more) and an infraction open container violation. A plea deal was announced. Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler reduced the felony DUI charge to to a Class W misdemeanor count, DUI, less than .15 grams, first offense, and...
Justin W. Stoltz, 35, of Elgin faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom last Wednesday, May 19, for a pretrial hearing on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, .15 or greater, second offense, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Pursuant to a plea agreement with Antelope County attorney Joe Abler, Stoltz withdrew his previous not guilty plea and entered a no contest plea to an amended count, driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense, a Class W misdemeanor committed Jan. 23. In addition, Abler agreed not to...
Travis D. Mace, 35, of Orchard appeared in front of the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, for a pretrial hearing. Mace was accused of four counts, Count I, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, a Class 3 felony; Count II, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a Class 4 felony; Count III, violation of protection order, a Class 1 misdemeanor; and Count IV, possession of drug paraphernalia, an infraction. A plea agreement was announced. Antelope County...
Andrew J. Clifton, 52, of Orchard faced the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County court in Neligh last Wednesday, April 7, for pretrial hearings in two cases. A plea agreement was announced by Clifton’s attorney, Ronald Temple. Pursuant to the agreement, Clifton pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace, a Class 3 misdemeanor committed at his parent’s Orchard home Oct. 27, 2020. Taylor fined him $200 and assessed costs of prosecution in the amount of $52. In the second case, Clifton was charged with driving under the influence of alc...
