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Jerry D. Beall Jr., 20, of Atkinson was sentenced Oct. 2 by the Honorable Mark Kozisec, in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill, for a crime committed in September 2022. On the charge of soliciting prostitution, under 18, Beall was s...

Nicholas D. Harris, 37, of O’Neill appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, on Oct. 10, for sentencing on a DUI charge committed Jan 22. Burdick fined Harris $500; ordered an 18-month term of pro...

A written waiver was recently approved by the Honorable Kale Burdick, allowing an Omaha man to forgo a personal appearance in the Holt County courtroom for arraignment on three counts, as well as his waiver of a preliminary hearing on a felony. Mark...

A 24-year-old O’Neill man has been given the opportunity to resolve a pair of felony cases through the North Central Problem Solving Court. Problem-solving courts allow for an alternate route through the criminal justice system for nonviolent d...

Two O’Neill residents had multiple felony counts bound over to the Holt County district court last week by the Honorable Kale Burdick. Bobbie I. Kleinberg, 44, faced Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill for an arraignment hearing on fiv...

Shaley F. Kohl, 30, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill Aug. 8, for arraignment on two Class 2 misdemeanor counts of leaving the scene of a property-damage collision. Pursuant to a plea deal with Hol...

Three defendants were sentenced by the Honorable Kale Burdick for alcohol-related crimes earlier this month in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill. Brayden D. Rabbass, 20, of Norfolk faced Burdick on Count I, driving under the influence of a...

James L. Palik, 22, of O’Neill was sentenced to consecutive 30-day stents in the Holt County Jail for counts I and II, intentional domestic assault with injury to his intimate partner and an additional 30 days for Count III, domestic assault – thr...

Tyler C. Bain, 40, of Stuart faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on July 18 for arraignment on Count I, no proof of financial responsibility, a Class 2 misdemeanor committed May 6; and Count II, unsafe backing, an...

A Ewing woman was sentenced last week for charges stemming from incidents that occurred at a rural Ewing home, occupied by several children, more than one year ago. Jessica J. Snyder, 41, of Ewing appeared in the Holt County district courtroom in...

The Honorable Kale Burdick handed down sentences when he presided from the bench in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on June 20. Tanner J. Storjohann, 22, of O’Neill faced Burdick on three counts in an amended complaint filed by Holt County att...

Mark A. Rasmussen, 65, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on June 6 on charges of driving under suspension, March 30 and April 11. Burdick fined him $100 and $50 costs in each case. Rasmussen was sel...

An O’Neill man who was convicted of selling meth in April, faced the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill last week for sentencing. Nathan C. Eschliman, 39, was sentenced to not less than 96 nor more than 192 mon...

Harrison G. Eagle Hawk, 33, of Kadoka, South Dakota, faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on May 16 for arraignment on a Class 4 felony, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Eagle Hawk requested...

A 20-year-old Atkinson man was bound over to the Holt County district court on three Class 4 felony counts of soliciting prostitution, with the alleged person solicited being under the age of 18. Jerry D. Beall Jr. waived his right to counsel and...

Hunter R. Cullen, 22, of O’Neill faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on May 2 to be sentenced on Count I, attempted possession of a controlled substance (concentrated THC), a Class 1 misdemeanor, and Count II,...

A Ewing woman who had been facing four felony charges stemming from incidents occurring at a rural Ewing home, occupied by several children, one year ago, on May 12, 2022, has pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts. Jessica J. Snyder, 41,...

William R. Mathes, 45, of O’Neill appeared in front of the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on May 1, for sentencing on two Class 1 misdemeanors, second-degree false imprisonment and third-degree domestic ass...

A 22-year-old O’Neill woman has been given the opportunity to resolve her felony case through the North Central Problem Solving Court. Problem-solving courts are an alternate route through the criminal justice system for nonviolent drug-related o...

A Butte man was convicted in Holt County district court last week of animal cruelty, after he failed to properly care for two herds of cattle. Jeffrey K. Reiser, 48, pleaded no contest when he faced the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the O’Neill c...

An O’Neill man, whose blood alcohol content measured more than .26 grams per 210 liters when he was booked for DUI and five other offenses last November, was sentenced last week in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill. Buenaventura Solano, 34, faced...

Two Holt County defendants waived their preliminary hearings on felony charges when they appeared in front of the Honorable Kale Burdick in the O’Neill courtroom April 4. They were bound over to the Holt County district court, where they are set for...

The Honorable Kale Burdick, when he presided from the bench of the Holt County court in O’Neill on April 11, set aside a conviction for Rebecca D. Strong, 48, of Ewing. The action nullifies Strong’s October 2020 conviction of a Class 2 mis...

summerlandadvocate.com A 19-year-old former Orchard woman has been sentenced after reaching plea agreements in six Holt County court cases. Makenzie A. Dow, now of Norfolk, and Holt County public defender Rod Smith, reached agreement with Holt...