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John T. Applegarth, 22, of O'Neill, appearing alongside his court-appointed attorney, Martin Klein of Neligh, faced the Honorable Mark Kozisek in the Holt County district courtroom in O'Neill on Monday to be sentenced for crimes committed September 13, 2020.

Applegarth pleaded no contest, in August, to five of seven counts filed in the case, pursuant to a plea agreement with Holt County attorney Brent Kelly. Kozisek sentenced him to 60 days in the Holt County Jail on Count I, possession of a controlled substance, a Class 4 felony; 30 days in the jail on Count II, second-degree criminal tres...