Student free on bond

CSC student athlete Tre M. Brown, sophomore of Donaldsonville, La., was released from Dawes County Jail Saturday, after posting $7,500 bail following a closed bond hearing on Friday, March 14, a Dawes County Court spokeswoman said Wednesday.

In that hearing, Dawes County Judge Russell Harford reduced Brown’s bond from 10 percent of $250,000 to 10 percent of $75,000, after imposing special conditions on the bond reduction that were “not open to the public,” the spokeswoman said.

“There were conditions involved in the reduction of the bond amount set by the County Judge that were not open to the public,” the spokeswoman said.

Brown posted the $7,500 bail Saturday and was released. A trial date has not been set, the spokeswoman said..

Brown was arrested on Wednesday, March 5, on a probable cause affidavit citing first-degree sexual assault, a class II felony. The alleged assault occurred off campus, he was not arrested on campus, Chadron police and college officials said.

Jon Hansen, interim vice president of enrollment management and marketing, said the college is following the requirements of the board policy relating to this type of incident.