A North Platte woman, accused of abusing her child at a child care facility in June, pleaded not guilty in Lincoln County District Court.

Amanda Hastings, of the daycare known as “Little Monkeys Child Care”, is charged with felony child abuse, pleading not guilty in district court on December 4th.

On June 25th, 2012, Hastings allegedly hit her son at the Little Monkeys Child Care, according to the news release from the North Platte Police Department,

Officers were told that allegedly the suspect, Amanda Hastings both struck and kicked her son the victim causing the child injury and pain.

Hastings is scheduled to appear for a jury trial in the district court on March 19th, 2013.

 

 

A North Platte man, who is also a convicted sex offender, pleaded not guilty to 1st degree sexual assault of a child on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, in Lincoln County District Court.

Donald Warfield, 69, is accused of inappropriately touching a girl when she was seven. The girl, who was fifteen when she reported the alleged abuse, told investigators that the touching progressed over 3-4 years. Warfield is charged with 1st degree sexual assault. Warfield was convicted in 2002 of 3rd degree sexual assault on an 11-year-old female who was living near him at the time of the reported assault.

Warfield is scheduled to appear in district court on January 17th, 2013, for trial.