FULLERTON, Neb. (AP) — A Chapman man accused of trying to kill his pregnant girlfriend has taken a plea deal.
Court records say Charles Campsey III pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge Tuesday in Nance County District Court in Fullerton. Prosecutors dropped charges of attempted murder and five other crimes in exchange for his plea. His sentencing is set for June 13.
Court records say the woman reported that an intoxicated Campsey attacked her with a pitchfork last August while they were at a campground. She says she evaded the pitchfork, but he also threw beer cans at her and punched, kicked and dragged her until she became unconscious. She says she regained consciousness in a hole in the ground, where, she says, Campsey said he was going to bury her.