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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 August 17, 2006

July 19, 2006

Lauren Czaplicki, shoplifting: continued to July 21 pretrial conference.

Laja Roscoe Timmons, operating motor vehicle with license suspended, license not in possession, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to August 17 pretrial conference.

Klaiton Vilaca, operating motor vehicle with license suspended, operating motor vehicle with registration suspended, uninsured motor vehicle, speeding, failure to wear seat belt: continued to August 7 pretrial conference.

July 20, 2006

Airton F. DaSilva, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, failure to stop for police, speeding in violation of special regulations, negligent operation of motor vehicle, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued to September 14, 2006.

Cheryl L. Evans, assault and battery: continued to July 28 pretrial conference.

Christopher S. Francis, reckless operation of motor vehicle, speeding, failure to wear seat belt, marked lanes violation: continued to August 4 pretrial conference.

Gregg W. Gerathy, assault and battery on police officer, resisting arrest, threatening to commit crime: continued to July 28 pretrial conference.

Gregg W. Gerathy, assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping: continued to July 24 pretrial conference.

Tommy Joe Gordineer, two counts of receiving stolen property over $250: continued to August 4 pretrial conference.

Tommy Joe Gordineer, two counts of larceny over $250: continued to August 4 pretrial conference.

Helen Matchem, distributing class A drug (oxycontin), delivering drugs to a prisoner (oxycontin), conspiracy to violate drug law: continued without finding until July 18, 2007, must pay $50 VW.

Chris A. Penbreth, operating motor vehicle with license suspended: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; no inspection sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine.

Brendan T. Phaneuf, assault and battery on police officer, disorderly conduct: continued to August 4 pretrial conference.

William L. Sweeney, dog ordinance/by-law violation: to be dismissed upon payment of $25 court costs, $25 restitution.

Jeffrey A. Sylvia, two counts of receiving stolen property over $250, receiving stolen property under $250: dismissed.

Jeffrey A. Sylvia, four counts of breaking and entering building at nighttime for a felony, two counts of larceny from building, four counts of malicious destruction of property over $250: continued without finding until July 21, 2010.

Maria V. Westby Tsankov, marked lanes violation, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, speeding: continued to August 18 pretrial conference.

Maria V. Westby Tsankov, receiving stolen motor vehicle: continued to August 18 pretrial conference.

Corey Waters, operating motor vehicle with license suspended: pretrial probation until July 18, 2007, must pay $100 court costs.

July 21, 2006

Lauren Czaplicki, shoplifting: pretrial probation until January 17, 2007, must pay $100 court costs.

Francellyo Dias, unregistered motor vehicle: not responbsible; uninsured motor vehicle: continued without finding until August 1, 2007, must pay $50 VW.

Brain W. Farquharson, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to July 26 pretrial conference.

Armando Fernandes, Jr., assault and battery with dangerous weapon: continued to August 24 pretrial conference.

Jason A. Graves, breaking and entering for misdemeanor, trespassing, possession of class B drug (percocet): continued to July 24 pretrial conference.

William E. Kennedy, unregistered motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $100 court costs; operating motor vehicle with license suspended: dismissed; no inspection sticker: responsible, must pay $50.

Joseph W. Lefebvre, threatening to commit crime: dismissed.

Jennifer L. Matthies, assault and battery: pretrial probation until July 25, 2007.

Nathan Thompson, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: August 11 pretrial conference.

George M. Turner, 3rd, disorderly conduct, refusing to stop and/or provide ID in motor boat for officer: continued to August 11 pretrial conference.

Andrew J. Valley, assault and battery: continued to August 11 pretrial conference.

July 24, 2006

Daniel S. Bettencourt, disorderly conduct: continued to July 24 pretrial conference.

Connor J. Cassidy, person under 21 with possession of alcohol, motor vehicle lights violation: continued to August 7 pretrial conference.

Mark Consiglio, improper operation of motor vehicle, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued to September 1 pretrial conference.

Nathan A. Costa, disorderly conduct: continued to August 10 pretrial conference.

Douglas Dexter, OUI-liquor or .08%: continued without finding until August 8, 2007, must pay $250 fine, $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; speeding: not responsible.

Gregg W. Gerathy, assault and battery on police officer, resisting arrest, threatening to commit crime: continued to July 28 pretrial conference.

William S. Maggi, possession of class D drug (marijuana): pretrial probation until November 25, 2006, must pay $50 VW.

Michael J. Malone, keeping a noisy and disorderly house: pretrial probation until November 25, 2006, must pay $100 court costs.

Donald E. Manning, assault and battery: guilty, probation until July 25, 2007, must pay $50 VW.

Diane M. Mello, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, unsafe operation of motor vehicle: continued to August 10 pretrial conference.

Lauren E. Moffat Folino, shoplifting over $100: pretrial probation until January 24, 2006, must complete 24 hours community service.

Zadoc E. Moreis, trespassing: continued to August 14 pretrial conference.

Marciano Schneider, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, failure to wear seat belt, number plate violation: continued to August 24 pretrial conference.

Theresa E. Tomasetti, aggravated assault and battery: continued to August 14 pretrial conference.

Michael M. Trusty, two counts of aggravated rape, indecent assault and battery on a person over 14: continued to August 11 pretrial conference.

Bradford D. Tucker, failure to wear seat belt: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with license suspended: guilty, must pay $500 fine, $125 surfine, $50 VW; speeding: responsible.

Jeffrey B. Walsh, municipal by-law or ordinance violation, disturbing the peace: pretrial probation until November 25, 2006, must complete 12 hours community service, must pay $50 court costs.

July 25, 2006

Joseph A. Ward, shoplifting: continued without finding until November 25, 2006, must pay $50 court costs.


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