Judge Sets Trial Date for Suspects in Daycare Owner Attack

POLSON — A district judge has set a trial date for a man and woman accused of attacking a Ronan daycare owner who refused to hand over the man’s children.

Daycare owner Martha McClure previously said she didn’t turn over the children to 31-year-old Francis Jackson and 21-year-old Tashiana Schlensker on Oct. 7 because he does not have custody of them and he appeared intoxicated.

Schlensker has pleaded not guilty to assault with a weapon, with prosecutors saying she hit McClure in the face with a snow shovel. Jackson is charged with aggravated burglary.

KERR-AM reported Wednesday that District Judge James Manley has set a March 14 trial date for Jackson and Schlensker.

Both are jailed in Lake County with bond set at $100,000.

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