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Lisa M. Dugal, 56, of Neligh, accompanied by her court-appointed attorney, Kyle Peterson, appeared in front of the Honorable Donna Taylor in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh on Aug. 17, for sentencing on a probation violation.

Antelope County attorney Joe Abler asked the judge to look at a probation update, to note the number of missed probation/testing appointments. He said she hadn’t showed up since July, or maybe June. He reminded Taylor that Dugal’s false report to Neligh police officers caused the man she resided with to spend time in jail.

Dugal had admitted that she failed...