Holt County judge deals with drug DUI, possession cases

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 court-appointed counsel. Burdick appointed Michael Sholes of O’Neill. The charge was amended by Holt County attorney Brent Kelly to attempted possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and Eagle Hawk pleaded guilty.

Burdick fined Eagle Hawk $1,000 and taxed him $50 costs of prosecution.

Eagle Hawk, who was a passenger in a vehicle...