O'Neill man bound over to district court on drug charges

Marcelino Ponce Covarrubias, also known as Marcelino Covarrubias Ponce, Marcelino Covarrubias and Marcelino C. Ponce, 58, of O’Neill filed a written waiver of his right to preliminary hearing. His attorney, Renee Mathias with the Berry Law Firm of Omaha, appeared in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill on his behalf July 11, when the Honorable Kale Burdick bound Ponce Covarrubias over to Holt County district court.

He is set for district court arraignment Aug. 28, on three Class 2 felony counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance (methamphetamine), alleged April 25, May...