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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 December 22, 2005

November 14, 2005

Nikolai Dranichnikav, disorderly conduct: continued without finding for one year, must pay $200 court costs and $50 VW; resisting arrest: continued without finding for one year; assault and battery on a police officer: continued without finding for one year.

Scott A. Francis, assault and battery: one year pretrial probation.

Jacqueline L. Gibson, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued to Dec. 1 pretrial conference.

Jonathan J. Kuhe, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued to Dec. 16 pretrial conference.

Leslie H. Leland, OUI-liquor or .08%: guilty, two years probation, must attend 21-day inpatient program, 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; OUI-drugs: dismissed.

Leslie H. Leland, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; OUI-drugs: dismissed; possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: dismissed; license not in possession: dismissed.

Leslie H. Leland, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year, concurrent with first charge above.

William T. Moore, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, unregistered motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle: continued to Dec. 15 pretrial conference.

Patrick M. Whalen, failure to return leased personalty: to be dismissed upon payment of restitution.

November 17, 2005

Jose E. Abreu, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Luiz Amaral, abandoned motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, unregistered motor vehicle, forged/misused Registry of Motor Vehicles document: continued to Dec. 12 pretrial conference.

Vezito B. Brito, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; failure to yield at intersection: responsible, must pay $35 fine.

Rogerio O. DaSilva, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; number plate violation: responsible, must pay $50 fine.

Sinivaldo DaSilva, unsafe operation of motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $35 fine; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Cleber F. DeFreitas, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Eduardo E. Faeretti, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year, must pay $150 court costs; use of motor vehicle without authority: continued without finding for one year, must pay $300 court costs; leaving the scene of property damage: continued without finding for one year, must pay $200 court costs.

Eduardo E. Faeretti, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Marcelo Gomes, miscellaneous equipment violation, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, failure to stop for police: continued to Dec. 12 pretrial conference.

Vanderlei Goncalves, rape, indecent assault and battery on person 14 or over: continued to Dec. 22 pretrial conference.

Silvia L. Maciel, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; motor vehicle lights violation: responsible, must pay $35 fine.

Laudenir Melo, motor vehicle lights violation: responsible, filed; 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; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year.

Jose Marcos Moreira, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for 13 months, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, and $21 PSF; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for thirteen months; speeding: not responsible.

Lione M. Moura, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Junio S. Paula, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: responsible, must pay $100 fine; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Michel D. Sampaio, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; unregistered motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $100 fine.

Gerson Santana, marked lanes violation: state declined to prosecute; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: state declined to prosecute.

Richard J. Shepard, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs.

November 18, 2005

Clarence A. Barnes 3rd, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: amended on Nov. 18, 2005, to assault and battery, guilty, one year probation, must pay $50 VW and complete 20 hours community service; disorderly conduct: dismissed; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued without finding for one year.

Theodore C. Bennett, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, negligent operation of motor vehicle, failure to yield at intersection: continued to Dec. 15 pretrial conference.

Brendan J. Biron, failure to wear seat belt, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Dec. 1 pretrial conference.

Scott G. Dyer, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: continued to Nov. 28 pretrial conference.

John Michael James, unregistered motor vehicle: dismissed; number plate violation to conceal identity: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs.

Kim E. Jennings, larceny over $250, improper use of credit card: continued to Jan. 13 pretrial conference.

John P. Kirby, OUI-liquor or .08% second offense: guilty, six months in house of corrections suspended, two years probation, must attend second offenders' program and pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF the first year and $21 PSF the second year; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed.

Michael Medeiros, larceny over $250: guilty, one year in house of corrections committed with credit for time served, must pay $300 restitution; larceny under $250: guilty, one year in house of corrections committed concurrent with count one; unlicensed home improvement contractor: dismissed.

Richard J. Morris, possession to distribute class A drug (heroin): dismissed; possession of class B drug (cocaine): dismissed; conspiracy to violate drug laws: dismissed.

Lawrence K. Vance, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: dismissed, must pay $50 court costs; OUI-liquor or .08% fourth offense: amended on Nov. 18, 2005, to second offense, two years in house of corrections, 30 days committed and stayed until after six months in sober home and 14-day inpatient program completed, then further stayed, the remainder suspended, five years probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, and $50 VW; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, five years probation concurrent with count two; failure to stop for police: dismissed.

Emily Quitsa Vanderhoop, number plate violation to conceal identity: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs.

Colin Miles Whyte, OUI-liquor or .08%: amended on Nov. 18, 2005, to second offense on complaint, guilty, six months in house of corrections suspended, two years probation, must attend 14-day inpatient program and pay $65 PSF the first year and $21 PSF the second; marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for two years; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible.

Colin Miles Whyte, disorderly conduct: dismissed.

Lev C. Wlodyka, 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; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible.


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