Fairbury Man Charged with Domestic Assault Faces New Allegations

A Fairbury man charged with domestic assault earlier this year is now facing more serious charges.On January 15, 2025, George Larry Christopher Case, age 30, was arraigned in Jefferson County Court on a charge of third degree domestic assault, a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. Case was arrested on Sunday, January 5 of this year when deputies form the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a third-party report of a possible domestic violence incident at a Fairbury address.For the new charges Case appeared for court on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, via webcam from the Jefferson County Jail. He is facing five counts: Second degree assault, a class 2A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison;Use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, a class 2 felony punishable by one to 50 years in prison;Terroristic threats, a class 3A felony punishable by up to three years in prison, 12 to 18 months of post-release supervision and a $10,000 fine;Violation of the Sex Offender Registry Acts by failing to provide change of address, also a class 3A felony and Violating a protection order, a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.Linda Bauer was the presiding judge for both arraignments. On March 26, 2025, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of domestic violence. After interviewing the alleged victim, who has a retraining ordering against the defendant, law enforcement arrested Case. The defendant is being held on a $500,000 (10 percent) bond. His attorney, Public Defender Scott Gropp, requested that the bond be reduced to $250,000. Judge Bauer denied the request.Another hearing is scheduled for May 14, 2025.This is not Case's first run in with the law. On March 3, 2021, Case was convicted of third degree assault of a child in Saline County and is a registered sex offender. In mid-November, 2024, the Gage County Sheriff’s Office received information that Case had failed to report changes about his employment to the Nebraska Sex Offender Registry as required by law.An investigator from the Gage County Sheriff’s Office checked the sex offender registry and found that Case had not changed his employment information, but reportedly was living as a transient in Fairbury. The employer in Beatrice stated that Case left employment with that company in early November.The investigator requested an arrest warrant be issued for Case for violation of the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act. When the warrant was issued by a judge, the investigator contacted a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office who located Case in Fairbury and arrested him on the Gage County warrant.

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