Lint arraignment postponed

The attorney representing Samuel Blue Lint has asked for a one-week delay before entering a plea to drug-related charges in Dickinson County.

Lint remains at the Dickinson County Jail in Spirit Lake to face charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. Both are Class D felonies.

Investigating officers say Lint "did possess approximately 99.5 grams of marijuana contained within 21 separate packages," according to a criminal complaint filed in Spirit Lake.

The 18-year-old from Milford faces more serious charges in Sioux Falls, S.D. Lint is charged with premeditated murder, first-degree murder and two counts of robbery in Minnehaha County, S.D.

Investigators there think Lint shot a suspected drug co-conspirator -- 19-year-old Michael Stevens of Sioux Falls, S.D. -- three times on Dec. 30 in a parking lot at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds. An expo building employee found Stevens in his car on Jan. 4 and a shotgun connected to the murder was found in a nearby snow bank.

Minnehaha County State's Attorney Aaron McGowan has said his office plans to use a Jan. 20 indictment to pursue a governor's warrant for Lint's extradition.

Spirit Lake attorney Michael Johnson is representing Lint in Iowa and Judge Pat Carr on Monday approved his request to delay the arraignment in Dickinson County.