LINCOLN - An attorney for the former director of History Nebraska has asked a Lincoln judge to dismiss his felony theft case, arguing that the state's prosecutors had failed to bring him to trial within six months.

The Nebraska Attorney General's Office has accused Trevor Jones, who resigned as CEO and executive director of the agency in July 2022 after six years in the role, of felony theft by deception for his alleged mishandling of more than $270,000 in funds in 2020.The state alleges that Jones transferred discretionary funds from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation that ended up going into History Nebraska's Foundation account.

On Tuesday, Jones, who lives in Minnesota now, appeared by video for a hearing where his attorney, Mallory Hughes, said the Attorney General's Office had a Sept. 12 deadline to bring him to trial and didn't.

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