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District Court Report

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 whileunder the influence of intoxicating liquor
PSF=monthly probation supervision fee
VDD=victims of drunk driving trust fund fee
VW=victim witness assessment fee

Posted October 6, 2005

August 22, 2005

Lee R. Gilliam, assault and battery: continued to Sept. 16 pretrial conference.

August 29, 2005

Jenna L. Bagnall, possession to distribute class D drug (marijuana): dismissed; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for one year, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF; possession of class E drug (cyclobenzaprene hydrochloride): continued without finding for one year.

Brian E. Murphy, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued to Sept. 2 pretrial conference.

Sept. 2, 2005

Anthony M. Bartok Jr., assault and battery: dismissed; resisting arrest: continued without finding for one year, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF.

Kristie S. Belcher, assault and battery: dismissed; resisting arrest: continued without finding for six months, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF; assault and battery on a police officer: dismissed.

Jonathan F. Bennett, sex offender failure to register: continued to Sept. 16 pretrial conference.

Caleb Bernstein, number plate violation: not responsible; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF.

Nicol M. Carvalho, unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible; number plate violation to conceal identity: dismissed; uninsured motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs.

Brian N. Fitzgerald, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year, must pay $21 PSF; leaving the scene of property damage: dismissed; failure to stop for police: continued without finding for one year, must pay $250 HIF and $50 VW.

William L. Jackson, OUI-liquor or .08% second offense, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

Frederic M. Keillor, OUI-liquor or .08%: to be dismissed upon payment of $500 court costs; failure to slow: not responsible.

Seamus P. O'Brien, assault, assault with a dangerous weapon: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

Alynne Ottariano, OUI-liquor or .08%, speeding: continued to Sept. 19 pretrial conference.

Richard J. Shepard 2nd, aggravated assault and battery: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

Alice K. Skiffington, OUI-liquor or .08%, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, marked lanes violation: continued to Sept. 9 pretrial conference.

Sept. 6, 2005

Michael R. Brown, negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, must pay $100 fine, $250 HIF, $50 VW, and $21 PSF, and complete 24 hours community service.

Kristin A. Lyons, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Stuart T. Richter, assault and battery: continued to Sept. 16 pretrial conference.

Katherine A. Rutledge, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for one year, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 45-day loss of license, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; marked lanes violation: not responsible.

Susan J. Stoy, use of motor vehicle without authority: dismissed.

Timothy Warren, wrong way on a state highway, operating motor vehicle with license revoked as an habitual traffic offender: continued to Sept. 22 pretrial conference.

Sept. 7, 2005

Mark A. Grover, conspiracy to violate drug laws, trafficking in cocaine, possession to distribute class A drug (heroin), possession of class D drug (marijuana), disorderly conduct, resisting arrest: continued to Sept. 8 pretrial conference.

Edward Hill Jr., conspiracy to violate drug laws, trafficking in cocaine, possession to distribute class A drug (heroin), possession of firearm without a firearm identification card, operating motor vehicle with license revoked as an habitual traffic offender, unregistered motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, license plate violation to conceal identity: continued to Sept. 8 pretrial conference.

Anthony Serrano, conspiracy to violate drug laws, trafficking in cocaine, possession to distribute class A drug (heroin): continued to Sept. 8 pretrial conference.

Sept. 8, 2005

Peter Alberts, threat to commit crime, continued without finding for six months, must pay $50 VW.

Michael B. Ellis, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Sept. 23 pretrial conference.

Edward Hill Jr., carrying a firearm without a license, trafficking in cocaine: continued to Oct. 17 pretrial conference.

Sept. 9, 2005

Rhonda F. Backus, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs; failure to wear seat belt: not responsible.

Liam E. Bassett, assault and battery: nine months pretrial probation; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: nine months pretrial probation.

Morgan Burns, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: one year pretrial probation.

James Campbell 3rd, marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for six months, must pay $250 fine, $50 VW, and $21 PSF.

Cassandra Cook, disorderly conduct: nine months pretrial probation, must complete 12 hours community service; threat to commit crime: nine months pretrial probation.

Lynn Deterra, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs.

Lisa A. Hoffey, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Oct. 7 pretrial conference.

Patrick A. Kelly, larceny under $250: dismissed, restitution paid.

Jan Kotelensky, marked lanes violation, speeding, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued to Sept. 16 pretrial conference.

Michael E. Trotto, use of boat without authority: dismissed; disorderly conduct: guilty, must pay $200 fine, $50 surfine, and $50 VW; resisting arrest: dismissed; possession of class D drug (marijuana): dismissed; littering: responsible, must pay $50 fine; no boat lifesaving device: dismissed.

Sept. 12, 2005

Wesley B. Aguiar, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs.

Joanne K. Andrade, uninsured motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs.

Leandro Cardosa, uninsured motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; unregistered motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs; no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible.

Catherine Crawford, shoplifting by concealing merchandise: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Mark S. Daniels, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued to Sept. 30 pretrial conference.

Genaci L. De Oliveira, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, 10 days in house of corrections committed, execution stayed to Sept. 19, 2005; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, must pay $150 fine and $50 HIF.

Eliel Pereira DeSouza, OUI-liquor or .08%, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Oct. 3 pretrial conference.

Arthur J. Hoe Jr., OUI-liquor or .08%, leaving the scene of property damage: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Roberto DeAlmeida Lima, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued to Oct. 3 pretrial conference.

Elenice Da Silva Meireles, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; marked lanes violation: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs.

Sebastiao Dossanto L. Neto, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs.

Marcos Santos, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs.

Wanderson Souza, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs.

Robert E. Stafursky, passing violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, two years probation, must complete 24 hours community service and pay $21 PSF the second year; OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; possession of liquor by a person under age 21: dismissed.

Robert E. Stafursky, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding for two years, must attend driver alcohol education program and pay program fee, $250 state fee, 45-day loss of license, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months; possession of liquor by a person under age 21: dismissed.

Louise S. Tierney, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, motor vehicle lights violation, leaving the scene of property damage, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Josiel Ventura, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, must pay $200 fine, $250 HIF, and $50 VW; marked lanes violation: not responsible.

Joao Vieira, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, unregistered motor vehicle: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.


When information on arraignments and dispositions on a given date are unavailable as of press time, that information is presented in a future issue.