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Two defendants were arraigned by the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh on Oct. 27. Brian G. Tibbens, 50, of Elgin was arraigned on two counts alleged Sept. 26 at a rural Elgin home, first-degree assault, a Class 2 felony, and terroristic threats, a Class 3A felony. If convicted, Tibbens faces potential sentences of a minimum of one year, up to 50 years in prison on Count I and up to three years and/or a $10,000 fine on Count II. Bond continues at $100,000, 10% cash. Pretrial is set Nov. 24, with jury...
The Bobcats take a three-game winning streak into post-season play, as they open the first round of the state football playoffs, Thursday, against Anselmo-Merna. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m., in Merna. Summerland School will dismiss at 1:30 p.m., Thursday. The Bobcats sit at 5-3 on the season and enter the playoffs as the 12th seed in the west bracket. The Coyotes enter as the fifth seed and boast a 7-1 record. The lone blemish on their record was a 34-28 loss to Burwell. With the exception of an...
A Norfolk woman, who was bound over to Antelope County district court on a felony burglary charge is claiming there was not enough evidence to support the burglary charge. Antelope County public defender Patrick Carney, on behalf of 55-year-old Debra F. Jordan, entered an exhibit as evidence and explained the defense’ motion to the Honorable Mark Johnson last Wednesday. Carney told the judge, as an employee of the convenience store (JB Mart), the defendant had allegedly been given a key and code to the security system, so there was no ...
The Honorable Mark Johnson set Jan. 11, 2022, jury trials for several defendants arraigned during the Sept. 29 session of Antelope County district court in Neligh. Tiffany Beckman, 35, of Neligh faced Johnson 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. Both charges are Class 4 felonies, and...
A Norfolk woman, who was bound over to Antelope County district court on a felony burglary charge is claiming there was not enough evidence to support the burglary charge. Debra F. Jordan was scheduled to face the Honorable Mark Johnson for arraignment on charges of burglary and theft by unlawful taking in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, Aug. 25. Jordan appeared with her court-appointed attorney Patrick Carney of Norfolk. A plea in abatement was filed by Carney on Jordan’s behalf, claiming a “defect in the rec...
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...
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...
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...
Donald E. Vickers, 55, of Electra, Texas, faced the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday for an enhancement hearing and sentencing on a felony driving under the influence of alcoholic liquor, third offense. Johnson found prior DUI convictions were sufficient for Class 3A felony enhancement. Johnson found Vickers was not a suitable candidate for probation, that a sentence less than incarceration would depreciate the seriousness of the crime and promote disrespect for the law, and that...
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...
Travis D. Mace, 35, formerly of Elgin, who has multiple charges pending in the Antelope County district court, was released from the Antelope County Jail after posting 10% of a $25,000 ($2,500) bond March 2, listing an Orchard address on the bond document that was filed by the court clerk Tuesday, March 9. The Norfolk Daily News reported Tuesday afternoon that Mace was arrested in Stanton County on Tuesday morning, listing a Norfolk address. Mace is charged with bond violation, in addition to driving while intoxicated-drugs, theft by...
Charges have been dropped, at least for the time being, against the second of two men arrested for theft of a vehicle that was recovered near Clearwater last fall. Christopher J. Alexander, 23, of Omaha was scheduled to appear for pretrial hearing on the felony count in Antelope County district court last Wednesday, Feb. 24, but the charge was dismissed, without prejudice, by Antelope County attorney Joe Abler on Feb. 22. Bond in the amount of $10,000, 10% cash, filed Oct. 21, 2020, was released. Alexander, who was set for jury trial March 15,...
Wesley D. Hattula, 21, formerly of Oakdale, who had spent the previous nine plus months locked up in the Antelope County Jail on a $100,000, 10% cash bond, faced the Honorable Mark Kozisek for sentencing on two felonies last Wednesday. Johnson sentenced Hattula, to a term of not more than 16 years, nor less than 10 years, in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, on Count I, incest with person under 18, a Class 2A felony, giving him credit for 279 days previously served. On Count III, possession o...
An Antelope County district court case was adjudicated in the judge’s chambers at the Madison County Courthouse last week. Eliud A. Herara-Cuevas, 21, of San Bernardino, California, his court appointed attorney, Pat Carney, and Antelope County prosecutor Joe Abler appeared before the Honorable Mark Johnson, via teleconference, for the pretrial hearing Jan. 5. A plea agreement was announced, with Count I, theft by receiving stolen property, a Class 4 felony, dismissed by Abler, without prejudice, along with a recommendation for a sentence of t...
The Honorable Mark Johnson denied an incarcerated man’s request for an amended sentence when he presided over the Antelope County district court last Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Neligh. Robert Wagle, 36, is currently imprisoned at the Diagnostic and Evaluation Center in Lincoln, under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. He was sentenced Sept. 30, by Johnson, to serve four to eight years for a Class 2A felony theft conviction. He was given credit for eight days previously served. The sentence was ordered c...
Jeremy J. Mathrole, 40, of Crofton appeared in the Antelope County district courtroom Wednesday, Oct. 28, for sentencing on a count of violating the Nebraska Sexual Offender Registration Act. Mathrole was represented by Antelope County public defender Pat Carney of Norfolk, who commented, “I think this is a lesson for the Legislature,” citing the differences in registry regulations in different states and his client’s travel to multiple states for work. He requested a sentence of time already served, alternately stating Mathrole had the abili...
"You say you are not a monster. You are wrong. You are." Those were words the Honorable Mark Johnson had for Roger D. Stuckwisch in the Antelope County district courtroom last Wednesday morning, before he passed sentence on the former Tilden resident who was convicted of six crimes in a sexual assault case with victims as young as four years of age. Stuckwisch was sentenced to the Nebraska Department of Corrections for not less than 30 years, nor more than 40 years on his conviction of...
An Antelope County district court civil case has been rescheduled, after a mistrial was called by the Honorable Mark Johnson on Monday, Oct. 5. The case, brought by plaintiff Jennie Schrage of Clearwater, individually, and as administrator of the estate of Cyril Schrage, deceased, was originally filed by the Schrages' attorney Jason Ausman of Ausman Law Firm in Omaha on Feb. 12, 2018, prior to Cyril Schrage's May 29, 2018 death. An amended complaint was filed Sept. 28 by Ausman. Defendants are...
A South Carolina man who has been jailed in Nebraska since last December, was sentenced to serve not less than four, nor more than eight years in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections for a crime committed in Antelope County. Accompanied by public defender Melissa Figueroa of Norfolk, Robert Wagle was handed the sentence in the Antelope County district courtroom Sept. 30 by the Honorable Mark Johnson. In an allocution statement, Figueroa told Johnson her client thought the vehicle belonged to his employer,...
Ronald E. Frazier, 48, of Neligh faced the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom last Wednesday, Aug. 26, for arraignment on count of making terroristic threats. Frazier faces a possible penalty, if convicted of the Class 3A felony alleged July 6 at a Neligh bar, of up to three years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, or both. Accompanied by public defender Patrick Carney of Norfolk, Frazier entered a not guilty plea. Pretrial hearing is set Sept. 30, with a jury trial scheduled for Jan. 19, 2021. Bond, in the...
The selection of a jury for an upcoming trial in an Antelope County civil case will have to be moved from its usual location due to the COVID-19 pandemic. District court clerk Angela Mortensen and county attorney Joe Abler met with the board of commissioners Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the courthouse in Neligh regarding a change in venue for the jury selection. Mortensen requested the board’s permission to rent a facility for the jury selection, which will be scheduled to take one day on Oct. 5. ...
Roger D. Stuckwisch, 78, of Tilden, was convicted of six crimes in a sexual assault case with victims as young as four years of age. Charged with 12 counts of sexual assault of a child, five first degree and seven third degree, Stuckwisch was adjudged guilty by the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district court last week, after he pleaded no contest, pursuant to a plea deal, to subjecting six different children to sexual abuse between 2005 and 2016. He was convicted of Count I, as...
The Honorable Mark Johnson presided from the bench in the Antelope County district court Wednesday, June 24, when he sentenced a former Neligh man to 18 months in prison for domestic assault. Brennon J. Coleman, 36, of Randolph, who was convicted of the Class 3A felony charge of third-degree domestic assault, subsequent offense, March 25, was sentenced to incarceration in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections, with credit for 69 days previously served. Assuming he loses none of his good time, Coleman will...
Wesley D. Hattula, 21, of Oakdale, currently incarcerated, entered not guilty pleas to three felony counts when he was arraigned by the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom last Wednesday, May 27. Hattula's court-appointed attorney, Pat Carney of Norfolk appeared in the courtroom, while Hattula appeared via video conference from the Antelope County Law Enforcement Center. Hattula is charged with incest, a Class 2A felony; manufacture of child pornography, a Class 1D...
