MONROE - After reviewing evidence, Green County Judge Thomas Vale said he believes there is enough probable cause that a Monroe man committed sexual assault to proceed with a trial. Micki Fredrick Nafzger, 23, was in court Friday for a preliminary hearing stemming from two cases of sexual assault of a minor.
Nafzger, who is being represented by attorney Suzanne Edwards, is alleged in multiple instances of sexual assault of three different children between 2007 and 2008. He has pled not guilty.
The first charge, a Class B felony of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, was separated from a second case on Sept. 5 after Judge Thomas Vale dismissed and reopened it after the defense argued that the evidence could not sufficiently bind the two cases. On Friday, Vale opted to re-bind the two cases.
Witness Julie Blumer, a former detective for the Green County Sheriff's Department, said she was called to investigate a possible sexual assault that happened in 2008 in the Town of Sylvester. A young woman indicated that she had been sexually assaulted by Nafzger at a private residence between June 1 and July 30, 2008. Nafzger was 14 and the victim was 10 at the time. Neither child lived in the home where the alleged assault took place.
The second case involves two female victims under the age of 13. Court records allege that Nafzger locked himself in a room with the girls and raped them both in the summer of 2007. The victims are said to have gone through counseling because of the incident. Because the victims were not residents of Green County while they were minors, the court asked the county's Assistant Corporation Counsel Angela MacLennan to seek counseling records.
A review of consolidation of the cases and the finalization of the jury questionnaire will take place Sept. 29. Questionnaires are scheduled to return by Oct. 13, with attorney review to be finalized by Oct. 27. The trial by jury for all charges is scheduled to begin Nov. 27.
Nafzger faces a maximum possible sentence of 120 years in prison and lifetime supervision for all three charges.
Nafzger, who is being represented by attorney Suzanne Edwards, is alleged in multiple instances of sexual assault of three different children between 2007 and 2008. He has pled not guilty.
The first charge, a Class B felony of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, was separated from a second case on Sept. 5 after Judge Thomas Vale dismissed and reopened it after the defense argued that the evidence could not sufficiently bind the two cases. On Friday, Vale opted to re-bind the two cases.
Witness Julie Blumer, a former detective for the Green County Sheriff's Department, said she was called to investigate a possible sexual assault that happened in 2008 in the Town of Sylvester. A young woman indicated that she had been sexually assaulted by Nafzger at a private residence between June 1 and July 30, 2008. Nafzger was 14 and the victim was 10 at the time. Neither child lived in the home where the alleged assault took place.
The second case involves two female victims under the age of 13. Court records allege that Nafzger locked himself in a room with the girls and raped them both in the summer of 2007. The victims are said to have gone through counseling because of the incident. Because the victims were not residents of Green County while they were minors, the court asked the county's Assistant Corporation Counsel Angela MacLennan to seek counseling records.
A review of consolidation of the cases and the finalization of the jury questionnaire will take place Sept. 29. Questionnaires are scheduled to return by Oct. 13, with attorney review to be finalized by Oct. 27. The trial by jury for all charges is scheduled to begin Nov. 27.
Nafzger faces a maximum possible sentence of 120 years in prison and lifetime supervision for all three charges.