In Greene County district court Joe Edward Blackmon, 40, of Jefferson was sentenced June 21 to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal mischief- third degree. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years. He was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge; both were suspended. He must pay a $125 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge, $1,200 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees, and $198.72 court costs. Blackmon was initially charged with criminal mischief- second degree and criminal mischief- fourth degree. A companion case in magistrate court in which Blackmon was charged with theft- fifth degree was dismissed, with $60 court costs assessed to Blackmon. (Sentencing: Honorable Adria A. Kester)
Sergio Patino, 31, of Commerce City, CO, was sentenced to two days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana- first offense. He was placed on informal probation for one year and he must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at his own expense. Patino was fined $315 with a $110.25 surcharge, a $10 surcharge for drug abuse resistance education (DARE), and a $125 LEI surcharge. He must also pay $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. His driver’s license was revoked for 180 days. (Sentencing: Kester)
Heather Thelma Erwin, 35, of Jefferson was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a charge of manufacturing/deliver or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine. The prison term is concurrent to a term in a previous Greene County case in which Erwin’s probation was revoked. She was fined $1,000 with a $350 surcharge; both were suspended. She must pay a $125 LEI surcharge, a $10 DARE surcharge, and $584.28 court costs. The court found she is unable to pay restitution for her court appointed attorney. Her driver’s license was revoked for 180 days. (Sentencing: Honorable Gary McMinimee)
Nicholas Anthony Balderas, 24, of Jefferson was sentenced to 365 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to public intoxication- second offense, amended from public intoxication- third or subsequent offense. The jail time was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. Balderas was fined $315 with a $110.25 surcharge. He must also pay $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. A companion case in magistrate court in which Balderas was charged with interference with official acts was dismissed, with a judgment entered for $60 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Nathan Flinn, 23, of Rippey was sentenced to two days in jail and placed on informal probation for one year after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana. He must pay sheriff’s room and board fees for the time he serves, as well as a $315 fine with a $110.25 surcharge, a $10 DARE surcharge and a $125 LEI surcharge. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at his own expense, and his driver’s license was revoked for 180 days. Flinn also pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while license revoked. On that charge he was fined $1,000 with a $350 surcharge and a $10 DARE surcharge. He must pay $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. Charges of illegal possession of prescription drug and possession of methamphetamine were dismissed. A companion case in magistrate court in which Flinn was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed, with a judgment entered against him for $60 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Jacob Thomas Monthei, 17, of Jefferson was granted a deferred judgment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver- not for sale. He was placed on informal probation for one year. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at his own expense. A judgment was entered for a $315 civil penalty, a $125 LEI surcharge, a $10 surcharge and $140 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Persons pleaded not guilty at arraignment as follows: Craig Allen Kinsey, 46, of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault impeding flow of air/blood. A trial date was set for Aug. 23.
Cases were initiated as follows: Nicole Danielle Weese, 29, of Jefferosn, burglary-third degree, motor vehicle; John Douglas Reed, 33, of Jefferson, criminal mischief-third degree; George Joseph Glasgow, 44, of Hutchinson, KS, domestic abuse assault- third or subsequent offense; Shane Douglas Olson, 41, of Churdan, assault while displaying dangerous weapon, intimidation with dangerous weapon to injure/provoke fear, and criminal mischief- third degree; Freedom Hope Ore, 34, of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault display or use weapon; Bernard Behzad Beygi, 42, of Clive, cheating on a gambling game (bet capping), aggravated misdemeanor; and Latoya Watkins, 35, of Fort Dodge, child endangerment, two counts.
