Jury trial is still on track for early November in the Lyon County criminal case against Daniel Olivarez.
The case had an arraignment hearing Thursday. Trial is still tentatively set to begin Nov. 3.
Olivarez faces numerous charges after an alleged incident in Emporia in January 2024. In general terms, he is accused of holding several people inside an Emporia home at gunpoint, having one of the alleged victims drive him to another location and then forcing a better than three-hour standoff before surrendering to local authorities. He is also accused of illegal sexual activity against a then-10-year-old child between April and December 2023.
Officially, Olivarez is charged with several aggravated-level counts, including residential burglary, kidnapping, robbery, battery, indecent liberties and assault. He also faces several other counts, including kidnapping, criminal threat, interference with law enforcement and violating a protection order.
