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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 September 21, 2006

August 10, 2006

Nathan A. Costa, disorderly conduct: guilty, filed.

Julia E. Hoyt, possession of liquor by a person under age 21: six months pretrial probation, must pay $100 court costs and complete 12 hours community service.

Lascelles Beverly, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours community service; marked lanes violation: responsible, filed.

Thomas J. Gordon, false/misused liquor ID card/license: one year pretrial probation, must pay $200 court costs; attempt to procure liquor by a person under age 21: one year pretrial probation.

Scott David West, false/misused liquor ID card/license: one year pretrial probation, must pay $150 court costs and complete 16 hours community service.

Samuel L. Hayes, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer, trespassing, disorderly conduct: continued to August 17 pretrial conference.

August 4, 2006

Paul C. Tierney, false/misused liquor ID card/license: one month pretrial probation.

August 7, 2006

Ryan Paglinco, procuring liquor for a person under age 21: six months pretrial probation, must pay $100 court costs and complete 16 hours community service; false/misused liquor ID card/license: six months pretrial probation.

August 11, 2006

Douglas Dexter, 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 fine, $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW, and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; speeding: not responsible.

Harland D. Gibbs, utter false writing, larceny over $250 by false pretense, forgery of document: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Pablo Lauz, assault and battery, disorderly conduct, fugitive from justice without warrant: continued to August 17 pretrial conference.

David H. Tucker, assault and battery: six months pretrial probation, must pay $50 court costs.

Andrew J. Valley, assault and battery: dismissed.

Emily Quitsa Vanderhoop, dis orderly conduct: continued to August 25 pretrial conference.

August 14, 2006

Thomas P. Andrighetti 2nd, OUI-liquor or .08% second offense, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, signal/sign/markings violation on a state highway, negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

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

Dorival L. Carvalho Jr., violation of abuse prevention order: continued to August 21 pretrial conference.

Cindy A. Curran, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to August 28 pretrial conference.

Bonnie T. DeOliveira, motor vehicle lights violation, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, possession/use of false or stolen Registry of Motor Vehicles document: continued to Sept. 14 pretrial conference.

Katherine A. Fehring, shoplifting by concealing merchandise: continued to August 15 pretrial conference.

Steven L. McCullough, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to August 18 pretrial conference.

Kevin P. Morris, OUI-liquor or .08%: found not guilty in bench trial; negligent operation of motor vehicle: found not guilty in bench trial; marked lanes violation: responsible, must pay $100.

Seamus P. O'Brien, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, mayhem: continued to August 18 pretrial conference.

Brian M. Robitaille, disorderly conduct: continued to August 15 pretrial conference.

Joshua Sperling, forgery of document, utter false writing: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

Brian C. Thigpen, assault and battery, continued to Sept. 11 pretrial conference.

Bernard M. Wojnowski, assault with a dangerous weapon: state declined to prosecute; a second charge of assault with a dangerous weapon: state declined to prosecute.

Bernard Wojnowski, possession of firearm without a firearms identification card: state declined to prosecute; disorderly conduct: state declined to prosecute.

Mervyn H. Woolf, OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Sept. 15 pretrial conference.

August 15, 2006

Lisa Strelecki, OUI-drugs, possession of class E drug (Suboxone, dramadol, Ranitidine, Adderall): continued to August 21 pretrial conference.

Jeffrey K.B. Sylvia, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to Sept. 1 pretrial conference.

August 16, 2006

Prairie Rose Cottshau, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, wrong way on a state highway: continued to Oct. 6 pretrial conference.

Nilson DeOliveira, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: guilty, must pay $100 fine and $50 VW; speeding: not responsible; failure to wear seat belt: responsible, must pay $25 fine.

Nicholas J. Koines, possession of liquor by a person under age 21, negligent operation of motor vehicle, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to August 28 pretrial conference.

August 17, 2006

Brian C. Gibson, OUI-liquor or .08%, improper turn: continued to August 28 pretrial conference.

Valter Ferreira Marra Jr., operating motor vehicle in violation of license class: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; license not in possession: responsible, must pay $35 fine; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, must pay $90 fine and $50 surfine.

Kevin P. Morris, operating motor vehicle with license suspended for OUI: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs.

Jacqueline Panek, possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued to Sept. 8 pretrial conference.

Daniel J. Phillips, assault and battery: one year pretrial probation.

Vincent R. Procker, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs.

Adam Thibodeau, failure to license dog: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs; a second charge of failure to license dog: dismissed.

Douglas Toner, possession of class D drug (marijuana): continued to Sept. 1 pretrial conference.

William B. White Jr., larceny by check over $250: dismissed; utter false check: dismissed.

William B. White Jr., operating motor vehicle with suspended license: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; speeding: not responsible.

William B. White Jr., larceny by check under $250: dismissed; a second charge of larceny by check under $250: dismissed.

William B. White Jr., larceny by check under $250: dismissed.


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