BEATRICE – A Gage County District Judge Wednesday took a different route with two defendants for whom he said the justice system has tried everything.
Judge Rick Schreiner sentenced 25-year-old Tori Schultz to 257 days in Gage County Jail, after her post-release supervision had been revoked. Schultz had previously been convicted of drug possession.

"I've been dealing with you in one way, shape or form since I took the bench in June or July of 2016. You have taken up a great deal of community resources, not only here, but in Jefferson County...and we've tried everything we possibly can to make your life better...and help you overcome. None of it has been successful. We are wasting our time, with you."

The Judge said Schultz has had “more than ample opportunity to avoid this”. Schultz originally received a three-year-probation-term in July of 2017. She was arrested in January of that year, following a traffic stop.

In a separate case, Judge Schreiner sentenced 32-year-old Brandon Dickson to remain on probation until mid-April of next year, after denying a defense request for a continuance to finalize a substance abuse evaluation. Dickson earlier had admitted to violating terms of his 24-month probation sentence, handed down in April of 2019.

"You do not want to quit doing drugs. There is nothing further I can do to help you, in that endeavor. I am no longer going to waste community services towards that. I'm going to put those efforts, toward somebody else."

Dickson was originally sentenced to probation for attempted possession of Suboxone and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dickson and another man were arrested in March of 2018 at a store parking lot, when a Beatrice Police officer found them injecting crushed Suboxone pills.