A judge ruled late Tuesday that prosecutors had waited too long before bringing former History Nebraska director Trevor Jones to trial and dismissed the felony theft charge he faced.

A Lincoln judge has dismissed a felony theft charge against former History Nebraska director Trevor Jones because state prosecutors failed to bring the case to trial in time.

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Jones wasn't accused of stealing the money but rather transferring the discretionary funds from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation into History Nebraska's Foundation account.

The headquarters of History Nebraska, formerly called the Nebraska State Historical Society, is just north of downtown Lincoln. The agency changed its name to History Nebraska in 2018.

Jones wasn't accused of stealing the money but rather transferring the discretionary funds from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation into History Nebraska's Foundation account.