Posted June 01, 2017 10:04am
(KNZA)--The preliminary hearings for two Sabetha residents charged in connection with a Hiawatha home invasion have been postponed to next month.
The hearings for 21-year-old Edgar Martinez and 23-year-old Jazmene Hicks were continued Wednesday to July 12th at the request of their attorneys.
The pair face felony charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and aggravated battery along with a misdemeanor count of criminal restraint.
They are accused of breaking into a home at 121 Apache Street on May 16th. The occupant, Ray Atlakson, told police he was battered and robbed, with his hands bound behind his back before the suspects fled the scene.
Atlakson was treated for injuries at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.
According to the criminal complaint, the suspects are accused of taking a pair of car keys, billfold and an RCA tablet by force.
Martinez and Hicks remain in the Brown County Jail on $175,000 bond each.
Meanwhile, a warrant has been issued for a third suspect in the case, 27-year-old Bern resident Oscar Martinez. He remains at large.