Neligh man accepts plea agreement encompassing three cases

Austin R. Klabenes of Neligh appeared for hearings in three cases in Antelope County Court on April 23.

A plea agreement was reached.

In one case that Klabenes faced one count of drive during revocation/impound-1st, a Class II misdemeanor, the charge was dismissed with prejudice on the motion of Antelope County Attorney Joe Smith.

In a separate case, a previous not guilty plea was withdrawn. Klabenes pleaded no contest to one count of assault-cause bodily injury, a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Burdick found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to a 60-day term in the Antelope County Jail, which will...