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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 March 22, 2007

March 1, 2007

Francellyo C. Dias, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours of community service; marked lanes violation: responsible, must pay $100 fine.

March 5, 2007

Paula A. Faria, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle and marked lanes violation: continued to pretrial conference.

Melissa Neuner, assault and battery and assault and battery with dangerous weapon: continued to pretrial conference.

Lucas J. Riordan, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: continued to pretrial conference.

March 9, 2007

Osvaldo Rodrigues DeSouza Neto, OUI-liquor or .08%, using motor vehicle without authority, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference.

March 12, 2007

Rogerio Goncalves, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to pretrial conference.

March 14, 2007

Richard H. Santos, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, a second charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, a third charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14: continued for a motion hearing.

March 15, 2007

Ryan N. Dillon, marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for one year; 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 concurrent with count 2; speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible.

Mervyn H. Woolf, 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: not responsible; speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible.

March 16, 2007

George A. Baird, 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: not responsible; improper operation of motor vehicle: not responsible.

Lance C. Branyan, 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; speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible.

Lance C. Branyan, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation concurrent with previous charge, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW and completion of 24 hours of community service.

Claire I. Farrington, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation, 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: not responsible.

Stephen W. Moore, OUI-liquor or .08%, 4th offense: guilty, two and a half years in the house of correction, 20 months committed, balance suspended, probation for three years and completion of 40 hours of community service; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; failure to stop for police: dismissed; disorderly conduct: dismissed; resisting arrest: guilty, six months in the house of correction concurrent with count one; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, filed.

Joseph L. Norris, abandon motor vehicle: dismissed.

Robert A. Saggese, OUI-liquor or .08%: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, two years probation, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, $65 PSF 1st year and $21 PSF 2nd year and completion of 24 hours of community service.

March 19, 2007

Eric Brown, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, marked lanes violation: continued to pretrial conference.

Lori M. Dorsey, abandon motor vehicle: continued to pretrial conference.

Robert C. Manning, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, 10 days in the house of correction concurrent with another charge.

Robert C. Manning, OUI-liquor or .08%: guilty, 90 days in the house of correction suspended, placed on probation for two years, must pay $250 State, $50 VDD, and $50 VW; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; assault with a dangerous weapon: dismissed; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: guilty, two to five years in the house of correction, six months committed, balance suspended, must pay $65 PSF; disorderly conduct: guilty, two months in the house of correction concurrent with count 4.

Robert C. Manning, shoplifting by concealing merchandise: guilty, must pay $50 fine.

Tad Medeiros, larceny by check under $250: to be dismissed upon payment of $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.