MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) — A McCook man has been sent to a state psychiatric hospital for evaluation after being found not responsible by reason of insanity for an attack on his teenage half sister.

27-year-old Nile Larington also was found not responsible on charges of false imprisonment and intentional child abuse. Judge David Urbom said in his ruling after an April 6 hearing that Larington was a danger to himself and others.

Larington was charged after 15-year-old Emma Larington reported on Dec. 4 that her half brother had choked her in her apartment bedroom. Emma Larington says he put her in a duffel bag and carried her to his nearby apartment while she was unconscious and then tried to choke her again as she fought him off.