Felony cases bound over to Holt County district court

Jennifer L. Nekolite, 46, of O’Neill had one of four cases heard in the Holt County court last Monday, Nov. 20, bound over to the Holt County district court.

Nekolite waived her right to a preliminary hearing on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, a Class 4 felony alleged May 10. The Honorable Kale Burdick bound the case over to the district court, where arraignment is set Dec. 18. Bond in continued in the amount of $1,000, 10% cash, with multiple conditions as set in other pending county court cases.

She is represented by Holt County public defender Rod Smith.

Smith requested continuances of pretrial hearings that were slated last week in the other cases. The hearings are now scheduled Dec. 12, on charges including second-degree trespassing, alleged April 30 on a neighbor’s property; disturbing the peace, obstructing a police officer and false reporting, alleged May 1, when she is accused of honking the horn on her vehicle continuously for approximately four minutes while the same neighbor walked her dog; and criminal mischief May 3, when she allegedly attempted to damage the same neighbor’s privacy fence.

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Francisco Avendana Reyes, 34, of O’Neill had his case bound over to the Holt County district court when he faced Burdick Nov. 14.

A preliminary hearing was held, with Burdick finding sufficient cause for Avendana Reyes to be tried on a Class 3A felony, terroristic threats. He set Avendana Reyes for arraignment Nov. 20 in the district court. Jurisdiction for a Class 1 misdemeanor count of domestic assault is waived to the district court as well. Bond, in the amount of $50,000, 10%, was continued.

Avendana Reyes is represented by Smith. Norma Olivas served as interpreter.

According to an affidavit filed by an O’Neill police officer, police were dispatched to an O’Neill residence during the early morning hours of Sept. 3, where Avendana Reyes’ girlfriend alleged, through a Nebraska State Patrol interpreter, that she had been hit and kicked in the head by the defendant. The officer noted other older injuries and the victim allegedly told the interpreter that he had assaulted her in the past but law enforcement had not been called.

Avendano-Reyes next district court appearance is set Feb. 16.