An elderly Tilden man was sentenced in the Antelope County courtroom in Neligh last Wednesday, April 17, to a one-year term of probation for violating a domestic abuse protection order.

The protection order was issued April 13, 2022, and renewed April 13, 2023, in Boone County district court, with the 90-year-old man’s former spouse listed as the protected party. She alleged mental and physical abuse.

Antelope County attorney Joe Smith said Nebraska probation officials recommended jail in a presentence investigation report. He said a mental health professional had reported the defendant’s atti...