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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 4, 2007

December 21, 2006

Matthew Bartholomew, 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; speeding in violation of special regulations: not responsible.

Jaime M. Bodreau, motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible; license not in possession: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs; possession of Class E drug (Olanzapine): dismissed.

Karen K. Bouthillette, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; a second charge of OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible.

Stephen J. Carlson, hunting/fishing in closed season, hunter orange violation, possession of firearm without firearm identification card, hunting without stamp for deer/waterfowl, possession of Class B drug (oxycodone): continued to pretrial conference.

Helen Janet Matchem, motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed, must pay $100 court costs.

Dylan Walsh O'Brien, malicious destruction of property over $250: dismissed; trespassing: dismissed.

Carlos Ventura, violation of municipal by-law or ordinance: to be dismissed upon payment of $50 to the Town of Oak Bluffs.

Bruce T. Wilson, marked lanes violation: not responsible; 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; possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $500 fine.

Denise M. Dorsey, assault and battery, possession of Class E drug (Atenolol): continued to pretrial conference.

Denise M. Dorsey, malicious destruction of property over $250: continued to pretrial conference.

Richard Peterson, OUI-liquor or .08%, failure to stop/yield, marked lanes violation: continued to pretrial conference.

December 22, 2006

Eric W. Bendavid, uninsured motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year, must pay $300 fine and $21 PSF; operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: dismissed; no inspection/sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine.

John P. Plante, bomb/hijack threat: dismissed; possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for six months, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF; fugitive from justice on court warrant: dismissed.

December 26, 2006

Joshua R. Potter, malicious destruction of property over $250: continued to pretrial conference.

December 27, 2006

Katherine Campbell, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, speeding in violation of special regulations: continued to pretrial conference.

December 28, 2006

Douglas L. Dasilva, speeding: responsible, must pay $50 fine and $50 surfine; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs.

Zachary D. Kleinhenz, uninsured motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: dismissed; no inspection/sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine; number plate violation to conceal identity: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; registration not in possession: not responsible; license not in possession: not responsible.

Alan J. Seaver, Jr., no inspection/ sticker: responsible, must pay $50 fine; failure to wear seat belt: responsible, must pay $25 fine; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued without finding for one year, must pay $100 court costs and $21 PSF; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued without finding for one year.

December 29, 2006

Anthony M. Gonsalves, larceny by check under $250, defrauding innkeeper over $100: continued to pretrial conference.

Anthony M. Gonsalves, larceny over $250 by false pretense: continued to 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.