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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 January 12, 2006

December 8, 2005
Robert J. Francis Jr., OUI-liquor or .08%: found not guilty in jury trial; possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: not responsible; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, must pay $100 fine and $25 surfine.

December 9, 2005
Paul C. Donnelly, 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.

Arnold F. Kennedy, violation of abuse prevention order: continued to Dec. 12 pretrial conference.

Salvatore Sipala, assault and battery, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over; a second charge of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over: continued to Feb. 17 pretrial conference.

December 12, 2005
Luiz Amaral, abandoned motor vehicle: dismissed; uninsured motor vehicle: dismissed; unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible; forged/misused Registry of Motor Vehicles document: dismissed.

Sergio P. Borges, OUI-liquor or .08%, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Jan. 9 pretrial conference.

Jaime Botelho, OUI-liquor or .08%: guilty, 90 days in house of corrections suspended, two years probation, must complete 14-day inpatient program and pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD $50 VW, and $65 PSF the first year and $21 PSF the second year; marked lanes violation: not responsible; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; operating motor vehicle with license suspended for OUI: guilty, must pay $500 fine and $125 surfine; motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible.

Jaime Botelho, assault and battery: continued without finding for one year, must pay $50 VW.

Kristin L. Bulman, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible.

Junia David, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage: continued to Jan. 9 pretrial conference.

Jose C. Dias, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible.

Ronald Faust, OUI-liquor or .08%, amended to OUI-liquor or .08% third offense on Dec. 12, 2005; marked lanes violation; state highway traffic violation: continued to Dec. 20 pretrial conference.

Henio Landim, negligent operation of motor vehicle, assault with a dangerous weapon: continued to Jan. 9 pretrial conference.

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

John E. Lepardo, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Dec. 30 pretrial conference.

Mathew D. McGorty, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued to Dec. 16 pretrial conference.

Zilmara Moraes, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs and complete eight hours community service; failure to stop/yield: responsible, must pay $50 fine; possession of class D drug (marijuana): dismissed.

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

Pedro F. Nascimento, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Jan. 9 pretrial conference.

Richard J. Shepard, number plate violation: not responsible; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service.

Sinesio Lopes Da Silva, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; marked lanes violation: not responsible.

Arlindo P. Souza, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible.

Vitor Tiago Torres, assault and battery: dismissed.

Nildo Ventura, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible.

December 13, 2005
Anna L. Baumhofer, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, failure to stop/yield, registration not in possession: continued to Jan. 20 pretrial conference.

Kaleb D. Shaw, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker, uninsured motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: continued to Dec. 15 pretrial conference.

December 14, 2005
Daniel J. Benefit, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to Dec. 15 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.