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Weekly court reports

Name, age, address; date, charge; sentence   

(week ending 2/9/01)

Alcohol

  • Bryan L. Bunner, 20, 1740 600th Ave.; 1/4/01, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor; pleaded guilty, $150 fine and court costs
  • Christopher J. Wolak, 18, Lincoln College; 9/20/00, count I – theft, count II – unlawful consumption of alcoholic liquor; count II – pleaded guilty, six months court supervision, $400 fine and court costs

Battery

  • Male, 17, 600 block of Short 10th St.; 7/14/00, battery; 12 months court supervision, $250 fine and court costs
  • Alan D. Boyd, 42, 215 N. Third St., Hartsburg; 6/11/00, count I – home invasion, count II – Class A battery; count I – dismissed per plea, count II – pleaded guilty, $500 fine and court costs
  • Janice R. Cordray, 40, 109 S. First St., Hartsburg; 7/10/99, domestic battery; amended to disorderly conduct, 12 months court supervision, $300 fine and court costs
  • David W. Dawson, 25, 31 Centennial Courts; 1/27/01, domestic battery; 18 month probation, $400 fine and court costs
  • Shannon L. Davis, 23, 701 Sixth St., Middletown; 1/7/01, battery; $200 fine and court costs
  • Joshua L. Farnam, 18, 308 E. Center, Lawndale; 1/6/00, counts I and II – mob action, count III – aggravated assault; counts I and II – dismissed, count III – pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, two years probation, 60 days Logan County Jail
  • Lynn A. Head, 39, 310 Frorer Ave.; 11/11/00, counts I-III – aggravated battery; pleaded guilty, 120 days Logan County Jail; 30 months probation

Deception

  • James Cook, 33, 1389 N. Walnut Grove, Decatur; 8/13-8/15/99, deceptive practice; pleaded guilty, 12 months Illinois Department of Correction with 12 months credit previously served, $181.54 restitution and court costs
  • Deborah K. Dabbs, 22, 6 Tremont Park; 1/23/01, count I – attempting to obstruct justice, count II – unlawful possession of cannabis; pleaded guilty to plea agreement, count I – dismissed, count II - $200 fine and court costs
  • James R. Harris, 39, 1009 Eighth St.; 1/7/01, attempting to obstruct justice; $200 fine and court costs
  • Erik R. Henrichsmeyer, 18, 280 White Ave.; 11/29/00, attempting to obstruct justice; two months court supervision, $100 fine and court costs
  • Christy A. Jones, 25, 407 Ninth St.; 2-3/00, deceptive practice; pleaded guilty to deceptive practices Class A misdemeanor, 18 months probation, $100 fine and court costs
  • Richard G. Willms, 46, 6563 County Line Road, Williamsville; 6/5/00, obstructing service of process; two months court supervision, $150 fine and court costs

Drugs

  • Kelly M. Abbott, 19, 700 College Ave., Carlinville; 12/30/00, unlawful possession of cannabis; $150 fine and court costs, two months court supervision
  • Matthew D. Childress, 23, 7947 W. North Ave., Wauwatosa, WI 53213; 1/10/01, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; pleaded guilty, $750 fine and court costs
  • Cookie L. Hardin, 20, 12455 Cape Cod Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141; 12/20/00, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; $750 fine and court costs, two months court supervision
  • Corey D. Gunterman, 24, 107 Corn St., Emden; 6/25/00, count I – unlawful possession of cannabis sativa plants, count II – unlawful possession with intent to deliver cannabis, count III – unlawful possession of cannabis; pleaded guilty, 30 months probation, 90 days Logan County Jail, $1,000 fine, $500 mandatory assessment
  • Edward E. Rutherford, 47, 108 Butell, Elkhart; 1/8/01, count I – unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, count II – unlawful possession of cannabis; count I - $750 fine and court costs, count II - $200 fine and court costs
  • Donald A. St. Pierre, 29, 712 W. Jefferson, Clinton; 1/6/01, count I – unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, count II – unlawful possession of cannabis; count I – plea agreement, $500 fine and court costs, count II – dismissed
  • Joseph M. Stubblefield, 21, R.R. 2, Danvers; 12/3/00, count I – unlawful possession of cannabis, count II – unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; 12 months court supervision, $400 fine and court costs
  • Damien Walker, 21, Lincoln College; 6/11/99, unlawful delivery of a controlled substance; pleaded guilty, $1,000 fine and court costs, 48 months probation, $200 street value fine, $2000 mandatory assessment, $50 mandatory lab fee
  • Gary C. Whitetree, 33, 916 Lake St.; count I – resisting a peace officer, count II – unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, count III – unlawful possession of cannabis; count I – $200 fine and court costs, count II – $750 fine and court costs, count III - dismissed

Harassment

  • Andrea L. Browning, 21, 140 Ninth St., Apt. B-1; 10/2/00, disorderly conduct; pleaded guilty, six months court supervision, court costs
  • Thomas Manker, 40, Graham Correction Center; 5/25/00, counts I – harassment of a witness, count III – violation of an order of protection; pleaded guilty, 200 days Department of Corrections concurrent with present sentence

Property

  • Male, 17, 1300 block of E. Delavan St.; 9/20/00, count I – burglary, count II – unlawful consumption of alcoholic liquor; count I – pleaded guilty, 30 days Logan County Jail, 36 months probation, $500 fine and court costs, count II – dismissed
  • Joseph A. Hinkle, 43, 431 Sixth St.; 1/3/00, count I – residential burglary, count II – criminal trespass to residence; count I – dismissed, count II – pleaded guilty, two years probation, $300 fine, alcohol counseling
  • David E. Hockett, 42, 1016 N. Monroe, Litchfield; 11/24/97, count I – residential burglary, count II – criminal trespass to property, count III – criminal trespass to residence; pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property and criminal trespass, one year court supervision, $300 fine and court costs, $515.00 restitution
  • Brian Kindred, 34, 500 14th St., #3; 6/28/00, theft over $300; pleaded guilty, 36 months probation, restitution
  • Gregory E. Rufus, 41, 802 Sixth St.; 1/2/01, criminal trespass to state supervised land; 12 months conditional discharge, 30 days Logan County Jail stayed

Sexual offenses

  • Christy A. Jones, 24, 407 Ninth St.; 11/99, count I – criminal sexual assault, count II – aggravated criminal sexual abuse; pleaded guilty to count III – harboring a runaway, 18 months probation $200 fine
  • Robert R. Parrish, 41, 107 Seventh St.; 9/21/00, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, 5/99-9/00, counts I and II – predatory criminal sexual assault; dismissed with leave to reinstate

Marriage

Licensed to wed

(week ending 2/9/01)

  • Aaron Joshua Merreighn, Jacksonville, N.C.
    Heather Rena Harvey, Lincoln
  • Philip Roy Willson, Beason
    Elizabeth Ann Zeiger, Beason
  • Matthew Allen Hurley, Lincoln
    Dawn Michelle Drnjevic, Lincoln
  • Todd Joseph O’Donohue, Lincoln
    Cathy Faye Vale, Lincoln
  • Jeremy Allen Bakken, Lincoln
    Veronica Sue Langley, Lincoln

Marriage dissolutions

(week ending 2/9/01)

  • Jesse Edward Carlock, Havana
    Jule Ann Carlock, Pekin
  • Theodore Robert Thornton, Lincoln
    Jill Vickilyn Thornton, Logan County
  • Richard D. Luster, Lincoln
    Gloria Luster, Mount Pulaski
  • Troy Patrick Fletcher, Logan County
    Jennifer Sue Fletcher, Sangamon County
  • Brian Scott Roher, Latham
    Tammy Sue Roher, Lake Fork

 

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