In Greene County district court Curtis Wesley Jurgensen, 55, of Woodward was sentenced Oct. 18 to 60 days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana- second offense. All but six days of the jail term was suspended and he was placed on probation for one year. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at his own expense. Jurgensen was fined $750 with a $262.50 surcharge; both were suspended. He must pay a $10 DARE (drug abuse resistance education) surcharge and a $120 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge. He must also pay $1,200 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $187.20 court costs. (Sentencing: Honorable Joseph B. McCarville)
Patricia Lynn Monthei, 51, of Panora was sentenced Oct. 25 to five years in prison after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated- third offense. All but 30 days of the prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation for one year. She must follow the recommendations of a substance abuse evaluation she has already undergone, and she must complete a community college drinking drivers school. Monthei was fined $3,125 with a $1,093.75 surcharge. Court costs were $140. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Melynda Louise Weltha, 43, of Grand Junction was sentenced to nine days in jail after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of OWI- first offense. She must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at her own expense. Weltha was fined $1,250 with a $437.50 surcharge; one-half will be waived if she gets a temporary restricted license.
Disposition was also entered in three cases against Weltha in Greene County magistrate court. In the first case, Weltha pleaded guilty to a charge of assault, amended from domestic abuse assault. She was sentenced to five days in jail and fined $65 with a $22.75 surcharge.
In the second case, Weltha was sentenced to seven days in jail after she pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of a no contact order. No fine was entered against her.
The three jail terms are consecutive. Judge McCarville found Weltha is unable to pay restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fee. A judge was entered for $60 court costs in one case.
In the third magistrate case, a charge of theft- fifth degree was dismissed.
Persons pleaded not guilty as follows: Christopher Hollis Christian, 39, of Marshalltown, driving while license barred; Laurann Joyce Perry, 23, of Perry, driving while license barred; Joel Robert Simpson, 64, of Jefferson, OWI- third offense; and Bruce K. Binkley, 58, of Jefferson, OWI- first offense. Trial dates were set for Dec. 10 for Christian and Simpson, and for Jan. 28 for Perry and Binkley.
Cases were initiated in district court as follows: Brittany Kay Smithy, 32, of Jefferson, possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana; Dale Lee Spaulding, 51 of Ellsworth, possession of contraband in correctional facility (two counts); and Dakota Bradley Barrett, 19, of Grand Junction, burglary- second degree. Barrett was also charged in magistrate court with theft- fifth degree in each of two cases.
