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The Honorable Mark Kozisec sentenced a 19-year-old O’Neill man last week in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, for crimes committed Aug. 5, 2021.

Drake D. Ruegge was sentenced to four years of probation and 90 days in the county jail, with credit for four days previously served, for Count I, possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone), a Class 4 felony, along with probation for Count IV, third-degree domestic assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor. As part of his probation, Ruegge was ordered to initiate in-patient alcoholism/mental health treatment within 45 days, complete the required...