Posted October 04, 2017 08:29am
(KNZA)--A jury trial has now be set for a Horton woman charged in a Jackson County burglary case.
33-year-old Megan Hollister had been scheduled to be sentenced last Friday on a charge of burglary, but The Holton Recorder reports a judge granted a motion allowing her to withdraw her no contest plea entered in July.
After granting the motion, the judge set a two-day jury trial for November 16th and 17th.
Hollister is accused of breaking into a residence in Whiting last August and stealing a number of electronic items.
Co-defendant Shelby Hopkins, of Whiting, was arrested shortly after the burglary. She is currently serving an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted last October on charges of burglary and obstruction of official duty.
Hollister was placed on the “ Jackson County Most Wanted” list and remained at large until November 5th when she was arrested in Atchison after crashing a stolen pickup truck following a chase.
In January, Hollister was placed on 12-months probation in the Atchison County case on charges of theft, driving while suspended and fleeing and eluding.