YORK, Neb. (AP) — A man and wife will be tried together in a Nebraska courtroom, accused of fraudulently taking money from a farmer for an outbuilding that never was built.

Judge James Stecker agreed Monday to order a joint trial for 46-year-old Karla Nelson and her husband, 47-year-old George Nelson. They’ve both pleaded not guilty to felony theft.

Arrest affidavits say the two took more than $41,000 from a York County farmer who had seen a magazine advertisement for Baron Builders, which the ad said erected large outbuildings. Investigators say people representing themselves as employees of Baron Builders spent a day at the farm in May 2012 and erected a few wooden framing posts. They left some wooden framing materials on the ground but never returned.