A preliminary hearing for a Vestaburg woman accused of keeping her dependent sister in a wooden cage was held Friday in front of District Justice Joshua Kanalis. Fifty-one-year old Leona Biser faced one felony charge of neglect for the care of a dependent person and three misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person, false imprisonment and unlawful restraint with bodily injury. Officials from the office of Adult Protective Services found that Biser was keeping her sister, 53-year-old Loretta Lancaster, in a wooden cage with a dirty mattress. Biser was charged on January 15th, by the state Attorney General’s Office. Deputy Attorney General Patrick Schulte stated that “The point of this prosecution is to show that if the vulnerable among us are neglected and no one is going to act, including their own family members, the Attorney General’s Office will.” Biser was not represented by an attorney. She waived her right to the preliminary hearing and her next court date will be on February 27th.