Not guilty pleas in child sex case

A Prague man facing four felony charges with a child has entered an innocent plea and his case has been set for the felony disposition docket.

Isaias M. Nunez, 32, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Aug. 12, 2024 with lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, assault with intent to commit a felony – lewd acts with a child, lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, and assault with intent to commit a felony – lewd acts with a child.

During his arraignment recently before District Judge Sarah Bridge, he pleaded innocent. She scheduled him for the felony disposition docket at 9 a.m. on Aug. 19.

In Count 1, Nunez is accused of between June 21, 2021 and June 20, 2022 of committing the crime of Lewd Acts with a female child who was nine years old at the time.

Or in the Alternative Count 2, of during the same time period he allegedly committed the crime of assault with intent to commit lewd acts with a nine-year-old female child.

Count 3, charges Nunez, in the same time period of committing the crime of indecent or lewd with a female child who was nine years old at the time.

Or, in the Alternative Count 4 of during the same time period of committing the crime of assault with intent to commit lewd acts with a female child who was nine at the time.

Tony Foreman, who is a District Attorney’s investigator for the 23rd Judicial District, states in a probable cause affidavit that he was assigned to a follow up investigation of lewd acts that the Prague Police Department had begun and said based on the facts he learned sought the charges against Nunez.