Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a McLoud area man who faces felony kidnapping and domestic assault and battery by strangulation charges in addition to other felonies. A misdemeanor charge was also filed against him.
Eliah Lively, 24, was formally charged Sep. 15, 2023 in Lincoln County District Court with the kidnapping and domestic assault and battery by strangulation counts. A $25,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest and the same day the warrant was returned and filed, court records show.
The misdemeanor count is domestic assault and battery in presence of a minor. He made his initial on Sep. 21.
His preliminary hearings in all three cases are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. May 9.
Court records show that Lively was charged in Lincoln County District Court on July 13 this year with alter/remove VIN, a felony. His bond was set at $4,000 in that case.
He made his initial appearance before Special Judge Emily Mueller in the case and she ordered him to appear on Oct. 12 for his pre-preliminary hearing.
On Aug. 22, he was charged in Lincoln County District Court with felony possession of a stolen vehicle.
His bond was set at $7,500.
He made an initial appearance in the case before Judge Mueller on Sep. 21.
In the kidnapping charge, Lively is accused on Sep. 10, 2023 of forcibly confining Summer Lively in a van in Lincoln County without lawful authority and with the intent to cause her to be confined against her will.
Count 2, domestic assault and battery by strangulation, he allegedly strangled the victim, Summer Lively who he is married to by choking her with the intent to cause her bodily harm.
In Count 3, the misdemeanor, he is accused on the same date of assault and battery on Summer Lively by pushing her up the stairs by her hair and biting her with force and violence in the presence of their minor children.
Summer Lively filed for and was granted an Emergency Protective Order on Sep. 12.
A hearing was set for Sep. 21 in that case also. A final order of protection was granted her on that date, court records show.