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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 amended complaint include: Count I, third-degree domes...