Burglary defendant filess pleas in abatement

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 record,” that evidence offered and received by the county court at Jordan’s recent preliminary hearing “shows that there is insufficient evidence…as to the information charging the defendant with burglary.” The plea in abatement will be heard Sept. 29. Bond, in the amount of $10,000, 10% cash, is continued.

A motion to proceed in forma pauperis was sustained by Johnson, which allows copies of the county court transcript to be provided at county expense.

Jordan is accused of the July 15 burglary, a Class 2A felony, of cash from her employer, JB Mart in Tilden, as well as a Class 1 misdemeanor count of theft by unlawful taking. Jordan was remanded to the custody of Antelope County sheriff Robert Moore, pending posting of bond.