Argument over candy leads to assault charges for Neligh man

A 23-year-old Lincoln man pleaded not guilty to one count of assault-cause bodily injury, a Class I misdemeanor during further arraignment in Antelope County Court on Aug. 6.

Judge Donna Taylor continued bond, $4,000-10%, and ordered Dillan Knapp to appear Sept. 5 for a pretrial hearing. Knapp requested a jury if the case goes to trial.

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Ray M. Connot, 60, of Neligh, for further arraignment on one count of assault by strangulation of suffocation, a Class IIIA felony.

On July 6, Connot is alleged to have grabbed a juvenile “by the throat and strangle him during an argument,” over a tootsie r...