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Robert M. Gotschall, 36, of Atkinson faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O'Neill last Tuesday, Feb. 2, for a preliminary hearing on a felony charge, abuse of a vulnerable adult.

Pursuant to a plea deal with Holt County prosecutor Brent Kelly, Gotschall entered a no contest plea to a reduced charge, third-degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Burdick found Gotschall guilty and sentenced him to 60 days in the Holt County Jail, with credit for 56 days previously served, and taxed him $50 costs of prosecution.

Gotschall was arrested by a Holt County deputy Sept. 28...