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December 23 - December 29, 2004 Edition
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DISTRICT COURT REPORT December 23, 2004 Key to Abbreviations HIF=head injury assessment fee OUI-liquor or .08%=operating motor vehicle w/percentage, by weight, of alcohol in blood of .08 or greater or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor PSF=monthly probation supervision fee VDD=victims of drunk driving trust fund fee VW=victim witness assessment fee December 9, 2004 Jose B. Florindo, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for six months, must pay $200 court costs, $250 HIF, and $50 VW. Donald L. Gentry, marked lanes violation, operating motor vehicle in violation of license restriction, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Dec. 17 pretrial conference. Patrick A. Kelly, larceny over $250: continued without finding for one year, must pay $574 restitution. Walter Litchfield, violation of abuse prevention order: filed; trespassing: filed. Walter Litchfield, assault and battery: guilty, one year probation, PSF to be determined; kidnapping: dismissed; threat to commit crime: guilty, one year probation; carrying firearm without license: guilty, filed, firearm forfeited and ordered confiscated. Daniel L. Merry, possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $500 fine; license not in possession: not responsible; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months, must pay $50 VW; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible; possession of alcohol by a person under 21: dismissed. Thomas Paquette, possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued to Jan. 6 pretrial conference. Shannon Seawright, uninsured motor vehicle: guilty, must pay $500 fine, $125 surfine; no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with license revoked as an habitual traffic offender: guilty, six months probation, 90 days in house of corrections suspended, $21 PSF; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, filed; operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: guilty, filed. Keith J. Wiggins, failure to wear seat belt: responsible, filed; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs; speeding, responsible, must pay $50 fine, $50 HIF. December 10, 2004 Patrick W. Bresnahan, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, must pay $100 fine, $25 surfine, $250 HIF, $50 VW, and $21 PSF; marked lanes violation: not responsible. Christopher J. Dacunto, reckless operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Dec. 17 pretrial conference. Kristopher Hassett, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, must pay $290 fine, $50 HIF, $50 VW. Kristopher Hassett, larceny under $250: continued without finding for one year, must pay $477.49 restitution [sic], $50 VW, $21 PSF; larceny under $250 by false pretenses: continued without finding for one year concurrent with count one, must pay $155 restitution. Stefan Knight, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible; number plate violation: not responsible; OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for two years, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, statutory loss of license, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF. Gino Maiorano, possession of class B drug (cocaine): continued without finding for one year, must pay $250 court costs, $50 VW, $21 PSF; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for one year; possession of class E drug (valium): dismissed; possession of class A drug (amphetamine): dismissed; possession of liquor by a person under 21: continued without finding for one year; disorderly conduct: dismissed; false/misused liquor identification card/license: continued without finding for one year. Sidiney Rodrigues Pereira, assault and battery: continued to Dec. 17 pretrial conference. Jeffrey A. Shenefelt, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, two years probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, $21 PSF; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible. December 13, 2004 Joseph M. Diaz, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Jan. 7 pretrial conference. Gessi Dias Silva, assault and battery, assault and battery with dangerous weapon, assault to maim: continued to Dec. 20 pretrial conference. Rachael Wild, assault and battery: continued to Jan. 7 pretrial conference. December 14, 2004 Deidre L. Brown, assault and battery: continued to Jan. 20 pretrial conference. December 15, 2004 Michael E. McDermott, larceny under $250, forgery of check, utter false check: continued to Dec. 31 pretrial conference. Christopher E. O’Connor, failure to wear seat belt, OUI-liquor or .08% second offense, negligent operation of motor vehicle, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Dec. 30 pretrial conference.

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