have been scheduled for a woman from Meeker and a Shawnee man, each charged with three felonies, among them child abuse and child neglect. One of the counts against the Meeker woman is for intimidation of witness. Their preliminary hearings are set for Aug. 22.
MeganMarieNash,32, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court March 19, 2024 with child neglect, a felony, and intimidation of witness, a felony. Jonathon Lee Nice, 36, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court March 19, 2024 with two counts of child abuse.
A $50,000 bench warrant for each of them was issued for their arrest on these most recent charges.
Court records show the warrant was returned and filed on March 25 and they are both due back in court at 1:30 p.m. with an attorney on the latest charges.
On Sep. 22, 2023, each also was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court with child abuse.
At that time, a $25,000 benchwarrantwasissued for the arrest of Nash and a $50,000 bench warrant was issued for the arrest of Nice.
Nash now faces three felonies, one for child abuse, another for child neglect and one for intimidation of a witness.
Nice is facing a total of three felony counts of child abuse.
Nash is charged with child neglect by between Sep. 1, 2023, and Jan. 24, 2024 of neglecting three children, one three years old, another 7 and the third 10 by failing to protect them from the physical abuse caused by Jonathon Lee Nice.
The intimidation chargeagainstheralleges between Jan. 8, and Jan. 21, 2024, she feloniously threatened physical harm to two of them who were endorsed witnesses by reading to the victims the probable cause affidavit from the previous felony filed against her in Sep. 22, 2023 and telling them they would be punished if they testified.
Nice is accused between Sep. 1, 2023 and Jan. 24, 2024 of striking the three-yearold and throwing him to the ground.
He also allegedly between Jan. 1 and Jan. 24 of maliciously grabbing the seven-yearold’s arm and pushing him.
In the charge filed in September of last year, Nash and Nice are accused of between June 29, 2023 and July 6, 2023 of conjointly committing the crime of child abuse by willfully injuring a child under 18 by striking O.W., who was 6 at the time, in the leg with a belt causing injury at 341573 E. 1020 Road in Meeker.
Supplemental information filed by Assistant District AttorneyLoriMcConnell shows that Nice was convictedonMay5,2021 in Pottawatomie County DistrictCourtwithfelony Domestic violence by Strangulation.
Lincoln County Detective George Kelly Coleman headed up that investigation with the assistance of Vanessa Parsons with the Child Advocacy Center, AshleyCarsonwithDHS and others.