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An O’Neill woman was sentenced to jail when she faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom last Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Jacqueline R. McHenry, 49, appeared on charges in three cases.

Burdick sent her to the county jail for 45 days, with credit for three days previously served, and ordered payment of $50 costs for third-degree domestic assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor committed June 1. A count of criminal mischief, $1,500 - $4,999, was dismissed by County Attorney Brent Kelly as part of a plea agreement.

She was sentenced to 10 days in jail, consecutive to the first sentence, and ordered to pay $60 costs on a Class 3 misdemeanor truancy charge, for failing to send her 12-year-old son to school, between Aug. 18, 2018, and March 13, 2019. She pleaded no contest and was judged guilty.

McHenry also pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia, an infraction committed Sept. 10. Burdick found her guilty and sentenced her to pay a $100 fine and $50 costs.

Burdick placed Jamie L. Olberding, 29, of O’Neill on probation for six months, with a $500 fine and $315 in costs and fees, for a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense. Olberding pleaded no contest to the Class W misdemeanor committed July 31 and was judged guilty.

Kaley M. Hoffman, 24, of Gering was fined $100 and $50 costs for a conviction of false reporting, a Class 1 misdemeanor committed April 9. Kelly dismissed a count of possession of drug paraphernalia as part of a plea agreement in the case.