Sexual assault of a child charge dropped in plea deal

A 39-year-old O’Neill man accepted a plea bargain last week that included Holt County attorney Brent Kelly dropping three of four felony charges.

Ronald M. Allision faced the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on Feb. 12 for pretrial hearing on five counts alleged between June 1, 2021, and Feb. 28, 2022, in O’Neill, including third-degree sexual assault of a child, a Class 3A felony; contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a Class I misdemeanor; and three Class 2 felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance (marijuana) near a playground or school...