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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 14, 2006

November 27, 2006

Benoit P. Baldwin, assault and battery: continued without finding for one year, must pay $100 court costs; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: dismissed.

Jason Bowes, disorderly conduct: to be dismissed upon payment of $150 court costs.

Scott M. Mullin, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: dismissed.

David Murray, possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months, must pay $100 court costs and $21 PSF.

Kurt Stovall, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 court costs; speeding in violation of special regulations: responsible, must pay $50 fine and $50 surfine.

November 30, 2006

Kenneth J. Dyer, Jr., uninsured motor vehicle: guilty, six months probation, must pay $500 fine and $21 PSF; unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible; number plate violation: responsible, filed.

Ryan S. Gorman, breaking and entering a building during nighttime to commit felony: continued without finding for two years, must pay $4071.00 restitutuion, $50 VW, $65 PSF and complete 150 hours of community service; larceny from building: continued without finding for two years; malicious destruction of property over $250: continued without finding for two years; breaking into depository: continued without finding for two years; possession of burglarious instrument: continued without finding for two years.

Rachel E. Henry, leaving the scene of property damage, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, state highway traffic violation: continued to pretrial conference.

William Major, marine fish-striped bass violation: continued without finding for nine months, must pay $400 court costs and $21 PSF; operating without motor boat identification number: dismissed.

David J. Pothier, Jr., malicious destruction of property over $250: state declined to prosecute; trespassing: state declined to prosecute.

Alan J. Seaver, no motor vehicle inspection/sticker, failure to wear seat belt, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued to pretrial conference.

December 1, 2006

Hope L. Hushion, negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, must pay $250 fine, $50 VW, $21 PSF and complete 24 hours of community service; OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; failure to wear seat belt: responsible, must pay $25 fine.

Holly Jordan, motor vehicle operator refusal to identify self: guilty, must pay $100 fine; license not in possession: not responsible; speeding: responsible, must pay $200 fine.

December 4, 2006

Robert Botelho, Jr., OUI-liquor or .08%, marked lanes violation: continued to pretrial conference.

Sten H. Nilsson, assault and battery: dismissed.

Jaime A. Pachico, 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; failure to stop for police: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible; marked lanes violation: not responsible; possession of liquor by a person under age 21: dismissed.

Joao P. Pereira, OUI-liquor or .08%: guilty, two years probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VDD, $50 VW and $65 PSF; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle: not responsible.

Patricia Philbin, marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, two years probation, must pay $65 PSF in year one and $21 PSF in year two and complete 24 hours of community service; OUI-liquor or .08%, 2nd offense: dismissed; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible; license not in possession: not responsible.

December 5, 2006

Nicole S. Cleary, larceny under $250: continued to pretrial conference.

Michael T. Governo, marked lanes violation: not responsible; OUI-liquor or .08%, 3rd offense: not guilty; motor vehicle lights violation: responsible, must pay $35 fine; possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $500 fine.

Michael T. Governo, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued to pretrial conference.

Jonathan J. Kuhe, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, must pay $500 fine, $125 surfine, $250 HIF, $50 VW, $21 PSF and complete 24 hours of community service.

Quincy A. Young, larceny under $250: continued to pretrial conference.

December 6, 2006

Dimas Lemus, motor vehicle lights violation, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference.

Dimas Lemus, possession of Class B drug (cocaine): continued to pretrial conference.

December 7, 2006

Kristin A. Lyons, 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, other fees waived; marked lanes violation: not responsible, possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months.

James D. Williston, 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: must pay $100 fine; no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine.

December 8, 2006

Nicholas S. Bradshaw, possession of Class E drug (Diazepam): dismissed; possession of Class D drug (marijuana): dismissed.

Christine M. Defelice, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, $21 PSF and complete 24 hours of community service; wrong way on state highway: not responsible.

Nathan D. Dos Santos, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and 16 hours of community service; motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible; improper turn: responsible, must pay $35 fine.

Gregg Gerathy, assault and battery: guilty, nine months probation concurrent with a previous charge; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: continued without finding for nine months; kidnapping: state declined to prosecute.

Joshua Sperling, breaking and entering for a misdemeanor: continued without finding for two years concurrent with another charge; possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for two years, PSF waived concurrent with another charge.

Joshua Sperling, forgery of document: dismissed; a second charge of forgery of document: dismissed; utter false writing: dismissed; a second charge of utter false writing: dismissed; receiving lost credit card: guilty, must pay $58.04 restitution, two years probation and must complete 48 hours of community service; credit card fraud under $250: guilty, two years probation, must complete 48 hours of community service; improper use of credit card under $250: guilty, two years probation, must compete 48 hours of community service; possession of Class D drug (marijuana): dismissed; non-cardholder signing of credit card: dismissed; larceny under $250: guilty, two years probation, must complete 48 hours of community service; a second charge of larceny under $250: dismissed.

Joshua Sperling, forgery of document, amended to forgery of a check on 12/8/06: continued without finding for two years, must pay $288.16 restitution, PSF waived, concurrent with a precious charge; utter false writing: 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.