Tased Man Charged With Meth Possession, Later Extradicted

A wanted South Dakota man who was tased at Casey’s in Neligh last month failed to appear on a drug charge Wednesday afternoon.

Thomas Hildring, 42, was scheduled to appear in Antelope County Court for a pretrial conference on the charge of possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine.

Judge Donna Farrell Taylor noticed that Hildring was missing from the courtroom and asked Antelope County Attorney Joe Abler if he could offer an explanation.

Abler said he was told that Hildring had posted bond in Antelope County, and South Dakota authorities promptly extradicted him on another drug charge.

“Your honor, I would just ask the court to note his failure to appear and that the court would recall that when we were here for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 20, a bond was set at $10,000, 10 percent, and one of the conditions was to not leave the state of Nebraska,” he said.

Abler said Hildring remains in custody in the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls, So. Dak.

“I would ask the court to issue a bench warrant for his probable cause affidavit for possession of methamphetamine,” he said. “He’s already posted one bond, which is possibly subject to forfeiture, but I would ask that another bond be set so that I can have a retainer when he’s done in Sioux Falls so we can go get him from there.”

The judge said, although she wasn’t sure his failure to appear “was willing,” she issued a bench warrant for his arrest and set his bond at an additional $10,000, 10 percent.

“That way you can place a hold on him in South Dakota,” she said.

Hildring bonded out of Antelope County on Feb. 22, according to jail records. He was picked up from the jail by the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Department and remains in their custody. A Minnehaha County spokesman said Hildring appeared in court on possession of a controlled drug or substance on Feb. 27 and is serving a 65-day jail sentence there. Abler said Antelope County plans to extradict him from South Dakota upon his release, May 2.

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