Plea Deal Reached In Facebook Threats Case

One day before her jury trial was scheduled to start, Melissa Kruger has reached a plea deal with the Kingsbury County States Attorney’s office. Judge David Gienapp says he received word of the plea deal late Monday night. A change of plea hearing is set for Wednesday morning at 9 AM. Kruger was facing charges of making a terroristic threat and simple assault after posting threatening messages regarding students and staff at DeSmet High School. The trial was scheduled to end Friday and the use of audio recordings in a trial court was approved IF the trial made it to the end of the week.