One of four people from Wellston charged with child neglect has waived her hearings and an arraignment has been scheduled while another’s pre-preliminary hearing is set. Preliminary hearings have been scheduled for the two men charged with child neglect.
The four were residing in the same residence with nine children at the time of their arrest. One of the four is facing a second felony.
The nine children reportedly have been placed into custody with the Department of Human Services until a proper home is found.
Formal felony charges of child neglect were filed in Lincoln County District Court July 24 against Robert Nathaniel Cohran, 34, Vanessa Marie Poore, 33, Courtney Diana Eaton, 29, and Steven Owen Cohran, 32. Each faces one count of child neglect.
Robert Nathaniel Cohran also faces an additional felony of domestic assault and battery by strangulation.
He appeared before Associate District Judge Sheila Kirk and she set his bond at $35,000 with a further initial appearance on Aug. 17.
Each of the other three also appeared before Judge Kirk. Steven Cohran’s bond is $7,500, Poore’s bond was set at $10,000 and Eaton’s bond is $5,000.
Eaton’s arraignment is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 28.
Preliminary hearings have been scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 2 for both Robert Cohran and Steven Cohran. A Pre-preliminary hearing has been continued for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 12 for Poore.
In the child neglect counts against each, it states the four defendants conjointly committed the crime of child neglect on July 11 this year as persons responsible for the children’s healthy, safety or welfare who resided with a one-year-old, two two-year-olds, a threeyear- old, a four-year-old, a five-year-old, a six-year-old, an 11-year-old and neglected the children by failing to provide adequate shelter, having the children live in a home without running water or a working sewer, and littered with trash, cockroaches, bedbugs, human feces and rotten food at a residence in Wellston.
The domestic assault and battery by strangulation count against Robert Nathiel Cohran accuses him on July 11 of strangling or attempting to strangle Courtney Eaton.