Fillmore County District Court

On October 4, Steven Craig O’Neill, 52 of Mazeppa, appeared before District Court Judge Matthew J. Opat.  O’Neill is charged with three felonies, two counts of Burglary (1st Degree, Dwelling, Occupied, Non-Accomplice Present) and 3rd Degree Assault (Substantial Bodily Harm).  The Burglary charges each carry maximum criminal penalties of 20 years in prison, $35,000 fines, and/or both.  The assault charge carries a maximum criminal penalty of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.  On or about October 3, a sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to Wykoff for an assault.  The defendant had allegedly entered a supposedly locked dwelling unannounced and assaulted one person (hit with a rock), then another (slapped).