St. Joseph Man Charged in Alleged New Year’s Murder

A Saint Joseph man will appear for a March preliminary hearing on a murder charge from New Year’s Day.

Court documents say Nicholas P. Minear faces a felony charge of second-degree murder.

Records list that charge from January 1.

The court denied the bond for Minear on February 17.

He is next due in Buchanan County Court on March 1 at 1:30 p.m.