Forty-year-old Atkinson man faces 12 counts sexual assault, child abuse

Travis L. Frickel, 40, of Atkinson faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on Jan. 17 for arraignment on nine Class 3A felonies and three Class 1 misdemeanors, alleged between Nov. 13 and Nov. 16, 2022.

Frickel waived his right to preliminary hearings on the felony charges and was bound over to Holt County district court on counts I, II and III, third-degree sexual assault of a child, alleged Nov. 13, Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, respectively; counts IV through IX, child abuse, two counts alleged on each Nov. 13, Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. Burdick waived jurisdiction of the...