Psychological exam ordered for teen accused of making threats

Koda K. Fernau, 18, of Clearwater faced the Honorable James Kube in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh on Feb. 22, alongside his court-appointed attorney, Ryan Stover of Norfolk.

Fernau was scheduled for pretrial conference on a Class 3A felony count of making terroristic threats.

Kube sustained an oral defense motion for continuance of the conference and a jury trial. The hearing is now set April 25 and the trial, June 20.

Kube ruled on a motion filed by Stover on Feb. 14. The motion asked the judge to order a psychological evaluation of Fernau, with the expense to be paid by An...