Woolery takes plea deal on 2 counts of sexual assault of a minor

Joshua Woolery accepted a plea deal Tuesday morning in the Cheyenne County District Court, pleading no contest to two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor. The counts stem from alleged instances occurring in July and September last year.

Woolery, 26, of Sidney, was arrested in October 2015 and charged with six felony charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of a minor between the ages of 12 and 16. Last fall, he pleaded not guilty to two charges of first-degree sexual assault of a child, three charges of third-degree sexual assault of a child and one charge of attempted first...