Court date approaching in sexual assault, extortion case

Two locals were charged and arrested last month in a case involving sexual assault of a child and extortion.

Jason Frei, a 55 year old Potter man, was arrested in August for third degree sexual assault of a child, a felony, while Kristie Keenan, mother of the child involved in the case was arrested for theft by extortion, also a felony.

Keenan met with a member of the Cheyenne County Sheriff's department on Aug. 16 to discuss the incident between Frei and her daughter. Keenan, 29, allegedly told law enforcement that Frei had inappropriately touched her daughter at his residence on August 15 of...