In Greene County district court Daniel Joseph Tasler, 30, of Jefferson was sentenced July 6 to two years in prison on each to two counts of child endangerment causing serious injury. The prison terms are consecutive, but concurrent to the sentence in a Polk County felony case. Tasler was fined $625 with a $93.75 surcharge on each count; the fines and surcharges were suspended. Court costs were $678. (Sentencing: Honorable Christopher C. Polking)
Austin Eugene Block, 21, of Boone was sentenced to three days in jail July 5 after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of driving while license revoked. He was fined $1,000 with a $150 surcharge; both were suspended. Block must pay $100 court costs. (Sentencing: Honorable Joseph B. McCarville)
Nicole Terese Borkowski, 36, of Jefferson was granted a deferred judgment July 7 after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of child endangerment. She was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County Probation for one year. She must pay a $855 civil penalty and restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees not to exceed $600. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Amy Lynne Taylor, 46, of Lake city was sentenced to two days in jail after she pleaded guilty to a charge of theft- fourth degree, amended from burglary- third degree. Another charge of burglary- third degree was amended to two counts of trespass. Taylor was fined $430 with a $64.50 surcharge on the theft charge, and $260 with a $39 surcharge on each of the trespass charges. The court found her unable to pay restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees or court costs. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Eric Christopher Rosenow, 37, of Jefferson was sentenced to two days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana- first offense, amended from possession of a controlled substance- third or subsequent offense. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended training at his own expense. Rosenow was fined $430 with a $64.50 surcharge. He must pay an amount not to exceed $1,260. Court costs were not listed. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Robin Holly Compton, 39, of Grand Junction was granted a deferred judgment after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana. She was placed on informal probation for one year, and she must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at her own expense. She must payt a $430 civil penalty. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Marcus Anthony Terrell, 29, of Albia was sentenced to two years in prison on a charge of eluding or attempt to elude, amended from eluding- speed 25 over limit- second or subsequent offense. He was also sentenced to two years in prison on a charge of driving while license barred. The prison terms are concurrent to sentences in cases from Guthrie and Adair counties. He was fined $855 with a $128.25 surcharge on each count; the fines and surcharge were suspended. He must pay restitution for his court appointed attorney not to exceed $600 and $100 court costs. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Mark Haase, 35, of Ogden was sentenced to one year in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of domestic abuse assault- second or subsequent offense. The jail term is concurrent to a term in a Boone County felony case. Haase must complete the Iowa Domestic Abuse Program at his own expense, and he may not possess, ship, transport or receive firearms, offensive weapons or ammunition. He was fined $430 with a $64.50 surcharge. He must also pay a $90 domestic abuse assault surcharge. He must pay restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees not to $600. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Persons pleaded not guilty at arraignment as follows: James Warren Matthews Jr, 24, of Ogden, possession of marijuana; Christopher Herbert Lawrence, 41, of Ames, domestic abuse assault- second offense; Galilee Nichole Richter, 19, of Jefferson, possession of marijuana; Whitney Jean Campbell Perez, 23, of Perry, possession of contraband in a correctional institution; Royce Christopher Gonnelly, 30, of Jefferson, possession of methamphetamine, possess of marijuana, and possession of heroin- third or subsequent offense; Austin Gregory Romberg, 20, of Newton, driving while license revoked; Luke J. Blakeman, 28, of Perry, operating while intoxicated and child endangerment; and Raymond Tillman Bacon, 44, of Grand Junction, sex abuse- third degree (10 counts). Trial dates were set for Aug. 24 for Richter, Perez and Blakeman; for Sept. 13 for Bacon; and for Sept. 28 for Matthews, Lawrence, Gonnelly and Romberg.
A case was initiated July 1 against Mitchell Kenneth Venteicher, 36, of Jefferson on a charge of driving while license barred.
