AUBURN – The Nemaha County Attorney’s Office has dropped sexual assault charges against 22-year-old Joseph Larner of Auburn.

An arrest affidavit says a Nemaha County sheriff’s deputy was dispatched Feb. 24 after a woman claimed was threatened with a baseball bat and assaulted. At preliminary hearing in county court, a deputy testified that deputies overheard a telephone conversation between Larner and the victim.

Larner entered no contest pleas Wednesday to misdemeanor charges of obstruction of a peace officer and domestic assault.

Sentencing is set Aug. 14.