In Greene County district court Deann Marie Goff, 34, of Jefferson was sentenced to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to forgery (aggravated misdemeanor), amended from forgery (class D felony). The prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation for two years. She was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge; both were suspended. Goff must pay a $125 Law Enforcement Initiative (LEI) surcharge, $1,200 restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees, and $132.88 court costs.
A companion case in which Goff was charged in magistrate court with theft-fifth degree, and a case from 2015 in which she was charged in district court with theft- fourth degree were dismissed. (Sentencing: Honorable Adria A. Kester)
Zakkariah Dylan-Levi Boudewyn, 24, of Jefferson was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty July 8 to a charge of attempt to disarm a peace officer (class D felony). He was fined $750 with a $262.50 surcharge. He must also pay $240 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $327.50 court costs. Charges of assault on person in certain occupations/ use or display dangerous weapon, and assault on person in certain occupation/ bodily injury, interference with official acts/ dangerous weapon were dismissed. (Sentencing: Kester)
Dylan Mikul Casali, 19, of Grand Junction was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana- first offense. All but two days of the jail time was suspended and 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. He must pay sheriff’s room and board fees for the time he serves, as well as a $100 fine with a $35 surcharge, a $125 LEI surcharge, a $10 drug abuse resistance education (DARE) surcharge, $125 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $180 court costs. A companion case in magistrate court in which Casali was charged with criminal mischief- fifth degree was dismissed. (Sentencing: Kester)
Kaleb Lee Lentz, 21, of Scranton was sentenced to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of driving while license barred. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years. Lentz was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge; both were suspended. He must pay $1,200 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Sheldon Dean McMain, 19, of Boone was sentenced to two days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana- first offense. The jail time was suspended and 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. He was fined $315 with a $110.25 surcharge, a $125 LEI surcharge, a $10 DARE surcharge, $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. A companion case in magistrate court in which McMain was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed. (Sentencing: Kester)
Christina Marie Funke, 33, of Guthrie Center was sentenced to 60 days in jail after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated (OWO)- first offense. All but two days was suspended, and she will receive credit for completing a 48-hour OWI Weekend Offender program. She was placed on informal probation for one year. She must follow the recommendations of a substance abuse evaluation already completed and she must complete a community college drinking drivers school. Funke was fined $1,250 with a $427.50 surcharge and a $10 DARE surcharge. She must also pay $750 restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Kole Higgins, 21, of Grand Junction was sentenced to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of driving while license barred. The prison term was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years. Higgins was fined $625 with a $218.75 surcharge. He must pay $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. (Sentencing: Kester)
Persons pleaded not guilty in district court as follows: Christina L. Owens, 30, of Jefferson, assault causing bodily injury; Barbara Ann Sherman, 62, of Jamaica, OWI- third offense and child endangerment (three counts); Justin Ray Lopez, 18, of Jefferson, OWI- first offense; Nicole Danielle Weese, 30, of Jefferson, possession of marijuana- first offense; Randy Dean Esslinger, 62, of Bayard OWI- first offense; and Patrick Michael Kennedy, 31, of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault impeding air/ blood flow. Trial dates were set for Sept. 27 in every case.
Cases were initiated in district court as follows: Jerimy J. Godwin, 38, of Bouton, forgery; Tod Lynn Rickels, 55, of Perry, criminal mischief- fourth degree and trespass- injury or damage greater than $200; Fashion Marie Foster, 41, of Rippey, harassment- second degree; Lester Leroy Johns, 59, of Scranton, OWI- first offense; McCellan S. Siruta, 33, of Jefferson, possession of marijuana- first offense, operating under the influence- first offense, assault on person in certain occupation (bodily injury), interference with official acts (bodily injury), and carrying weapons while intoxicated; Michael Eugene Hamilton, 39, of Grand Junction, domestic abuse assault- second offense; Christin Charles Smith, 32, of Woodward, domestic abuse assault- second offense; and Trinity Glen Welch, 27, of Jefferson, driving while license barred.
