In Greene County district court James Kenneth Harris, 36, of Woodward was sentenced to 20 days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of driving while license barred. He was fined $625 with a $93.75 surcharge; the fine and surcharge were suspended. He must pay an amount not to exceed $600 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $140.50 court costs. Disposition is pending on a charge of operating a vehicle without owner’s consent in the same case. (Sentencing: Honorable Joseph B. McCarville)
George Joseph Glasgow, 51, of Jefferson was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine- third or subsequent offense. The prison term was suspended and he was p[laced on probation to the Iowa Department of Corrections for three years. Glasgow must pay $600 restitution for court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. A companion charge in magistrate court of possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed without court costs. (Sentencing: McCarville)
David Wayne Lansman, 54, of Grand Junction was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, amended from assault causing bodily injury or mental illness. The jail term was suspended and he was placed on self-probation for one year. Lansman was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. He must pay $500 restitution for his court appointed attorney’s fees and $100 court costs. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Darren Scott Lehrkamp, 30, of Scranton was sentenced to five years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon. He was fined $1,025 with a $153.75 surcharge; both were suspended. Charges of going armed with intent and criminal mischief- third degree were dismissed. Lehrkamp was sentenced to 30 days in jail In a separate case in magistrate court in which he was charged with assault. The jail term is concurrent to the prison sentence. Lehrkamp was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge; both were suspended. Also as part of a plea agreement, a charge against Lehrkamp of theft- fifth degree was dismissed with no court costs. (Sentencing: Honorable Christopher C. Polking)
Jessica Nicole Baxter, 36, of Carroll was sentenced March 15 to two years in prison after she changed her plea to guilty to a charge of fraudulent practice- third degree. The prison term was suspended and she was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County Probation for one year. She was fined $855 with a $128.25 surcharge. She must pay an amount not to exceed $600 restitution for her court appointed attorney’s fees. Court costs were $172.18. A charge of gambling- avoid setoff was dismissed. (Sentencing: McCarville)
A charge of possession of marijuana against Limeydnairem Yasira Garcia Pagan, 20, of Grand Junction was amended to possession of drug paraphernalia. A judgment was entered for a $430 fine with a $64.50 surcharge. Court costs were $136.50. (Sentencing: McCarville)
Persons pleaded not guilty at arraignment as follows: Ignacio Melendez Leiva, 45, of Perry, operating while intoxicated; Shelly Marie Esquer, 59, of Fort Dodge, gambling- avoid setoff and fraudulent practice- second degree; Shelly Joyce Larson, 60, of Callender, fraudulent practice- second degree and gambling- avoid setoff; Nathan Allen Taylor Martin, 47, of Carroll, gambling- avoid setoff, and in a separate case, fraudulent practice- second degree and gambling- avoid setoff; Angela Louise Robbins, 50, of Carroll, gambling- avoid setoff; Amelia Marie Burnie, 38, of Jefferson, possession of methamphetamine; McKensie Rae Bess, 40, of Carroll, gambling- avoid setoff and fraudulent practice- second degree; Bruce William King, 61, of Dayton, possession of methamphetamine; Jerry Edward Murphy, 62, of Jefferson, OWI; and Sein Mohammed Ibrahim, 35, of Harcourt, possession of marijuana. Trial dates were set for May 9 in every case.
Cases were initiated in district court as follows: Mecktisha Jane Hagar, 25, of Jefferson, possession or marijuana; and Steven Bret Wetzel, 53, of Jefferson, driving while license barred.
