(KNZA)--The preliminary hearing for a Sabetha man arrested in March following a five-hour armed standoff in Sabetha has been pushed back to next month.

The hearing for 50-year-old James McKenney was continued last week to May 17th.

McKenney is charged with aggravated assault, two counts of criminal threat, interference with law enforcement, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and  possession of drug paraphernalia.

He remains in the Nemaha County Jail on a $250,000 bond.