BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A man accused of shooting at a Bismarck home and sending threatening text messages to a woman has pleaded not guilty to felony charges.
Steve Boeshans, 45, entered the plea Tuesday to reckless endangerment and terrorizing, as well as a misdemeanor charge of firing a gun in the city.
Boeshans is accused shooting out a yard light and damaging the siding of a residence when he fired a round from a shotgun Jan. 9. A woman in the home said she heard the gunshot and saw a flash after Boeshans’ vehicle stopped in front of the house. No one was hurt.
Defense attorney Patrick Waters agreed there was probable cause to send the reckless endangerment charge to trial, but asked that the terrorizing charge be dismissed because it was unclear when the alleged text messages were sent to the woman, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
South Central District Judge Bobbi Weiler said that when coupled with the allegation of a shot fired at a home, all of the charges should go to trial.
Weiler scheduled a three-day trial starting June 9.
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