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...