By The Hays Daily News

OSBORNE -- Two lawyers from the Salina Public Defenders' office will be representing Delbert McBroom, charged in connection with the 2008 murder of Jeffery Scott Noel of Portis.

Lawyers Mark J. Dinkel and Andrew Parmenter have requested a continuance for McBroom's preliminary hearing on the first-degree murder charge, scheduled for Monday in Osborne County District Court. A hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

McBroom, 39, currently an inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, made his first appearance on the murder charge March 12.

McBroom is the second man charged in connection with the March 25, 2008, murder of Noel. Last year, Kenneth E. Wilson was sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with Noel's death. Charges against McBroom were filed Jan. 28 by the Kansas Attorney General's office.

In addition to the first-degree murder charge, McBroom is charged with felony murder, the act of killing someone during the commission of a felony, and aggravated burglary. He also is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, aggravated burglary of Noel's residence, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, the burglary of a residence near Downs and conspiracy to commit burglary.