On Monday, in Lincoln County District Court, a North Platte couple pleaded not guilty to child abuse. In a separate case, a NP woman pleaded guilty to an assault charge.

The NP couple, 27-year-old Heather and 23-year-old David Granados pleaded not guilty to child abuse. The couple was arrested on September, 17^th, after an investigation which suspects that the two exposed their juvenile to illicit drugs.

Authorities say that Hair follicle tests from the child tested positive for amphetamine, methamphetamine and THC, the active chemical found in marijuana.

The couple are scheduled to appear in court November 19^th.

 

A North Platte woman pleaded not guilty in District Court when she made a plea deal.

Elizabeth Cardenas, 49, was accused of stabbing her husband in the back on July 17^th. Cardenas was convicted on the charge of attempted second-degree assault which was lowered from an aggravated assault charge. The charge of tampering with a witness was dropped as part of the plea deal.

Cardenas is scheduled to appear for sentencing on December 12^th.

Cardenas stabbed her husband in the back with a knife while he was cleaning broken glass from a drunken incident that the convicted Cardenas caused prior to the stabbing.