A Gothenburg woman is being charged with felony child abuse and sexual assault of a child.
Nathalie X. Wehtje, 35, is charged with committing child abuse intentionally, with no injury, a Class 3A felony; and third-degree sexual assault of a child, a Class 3A felony, in Dawson County Court.
Wehtje is accused of touching the 8-year-old victim inappropriately in the past couple months, according to court documents.
Wehtje was arrested Thursday and lodged into the Dawson County Jail. Bond is set at 10% of $15,000. A preliminary hearing Is set for 11 a.m. June 16 in front of Dawson County Judge Jeffrey M. Wightman.
If Wightman finds there is enough probably cause to continue with the case, it will bound over to Dawson County District Court.
