Deputy won't face assault charge

NELSON, Neb. — The chief deputy of the Nuckolls County sheriff won't be charged with domestic assault involving his wife.

The prosecutor said there isn't enough evidence to try 48-year-old Scott Stemper of Nelson.
Stemper was arrested last month after an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol. He has been free on bail.

Court documents say Stemper's wife, Christina, told a patrol investigator on May 16 that she and Stemper had squabbled around midnight about a pack of cigarettes. She says he threw the pack at her, striking her head.

Christina Stemper said her husband then shoved her, held a knife above her throat and yelled at her.
He told the investigator that she had taken the knife from a drawer and threatened to kill herself. He said he took the knife from her, and he denied pushing, grabbing or threatening his wife.

Scott Stemper has been with the Nuckolls County Sheriff's Office for 23 years. He is a former mayor of Nelson who was recalled in 2005.