Judge commits junvenile to Kearney center

Judge Michael Burns, who presides over the Nuckolls County Court, ordered a Superior juvenile offender committed to the Youth Rehabilitation Training Center in Kearney, Monday. The offender will be subject to intense supervised probation until he reaches the age of majority (19). The judge noted his probation was revoked because he attempted to flee when assigned to a group home in North Platte. He subsequently attempted to flee a detention facility at Madison. He is also facing another 40 charges in a case yet to be tried.

The judge noted that the youthful offender did not have the ability to...