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A Colorado couple appeared before the Honorable Mark Johnson in the Antelope County district courtroom in Neligh for arraignment on felony drug charges last week.

Cassandra L. Howell, 28, of Trinidad, charged with possession of methamphetamine, faced Johnson alongside her court-appointed attorney, Martin Klein of Neligh. A plea deal was announced. In return for Howell pleading guilty as charged, Antelope County attorney Joe Abler agreed to file no further charges in the case, specifically a charge of being an accessary to a felony. In addition, Abler agreed to recommend probation, provided...