(KNZA)--A rural Horton man, accused of severely beating another man in January on the Kickapoo Reservation, has pleaded no contest to a charge of aggravated battery.

According to court documents, 35-year-old Ryan Shopteese entered the plea last week in Brown County District Court.

Shopteese also pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of violation of a protection order in a separate case.

He is scheduled to be sentenced August 5 for both offenses.