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Plea Withdrawn in Jackson Co Burglary Case

By Greg Bebermeyer

10/04/2017

Megan Hollister/Credit: Jackson Co Sheriff

(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.

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