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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 April 19, 2007

March 22, 2007

Lindomar Ribeiro, 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; leaving the scene of property damage: continued without finding for one year; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: not responsible.

Flavio A. Silva, operating motor vehicle with suspended license, subsequent offense: guilty, six months probation, must pay $50 VW, $ 21 PSF and complete 20 hours of community service.

Jose Pichara-Sily Silva, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $200 court costs; failure to wear seat belt: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed.

March 26, 2007

Tafari J. Pottinger, larceny from person: dismissed; larceny under $250: continued without finding for six months, must pay restitution of $85 and $21 PSF.

Alyson E. Woollacott, forgery of check: continued without finding for one year, must pay restitution of $58 and $21 PSF; utter false check: continued without finding for one year, must pay restitution of $55.

March 29, 2007

Roy J. Cavanaugh, Jr., threat to commit a crime: dismissed; a second charge of threat to commit a crime: dismissed; assault: dismissed.

Roy J. Cavanaugh, Jr., violation of abuse prevention order: dismissed.

John Green, OUI-liquor or .08%, 2nd offense: guilty, 90 days in house of correction suspended, one year probation, must pay $250 State, $250 HIF, $50 VDD and $50 VW with special conditions of probation; negligent operation of motor vehicle: dismissed; marked lanes violation: responsible, must pay $100 fine; failure to stop/yield: not responsible; motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible.

March 30, 2007

Elizabeth M. Williams, larceny by check over $250: to be dismissed upon payment of restitution of $1500; a second charge of larceny by check over $250: to be dismissed upon payment of restitution of $2750; a third charge of larceny by check over $250: to be dismissed upon payment of restitution of $2750.

April 2, 2007

Daniel J. Benefit, negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, one year probation; trespassing with motor vehicle: dismissed; possession of open container of alcohol in motor vehicle: responsible, filed; OUI-liquor or .08%, 2nd offense: 90 days in the house of correction suspended, placed on probation for two years with special conditions, must pay $65 PSF; leaving the scene of property damage: guilty, one year probation; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, one year probation.

Mark T. Guthrie, uninsured motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs; operating motor vehicle with suspended registration: dismissed; no motor vehicle inspection/sticker: not responsible.

Kim E. Jennings, larceny over $250: guilty, two years house of correction suspended, two years probation, must pay restitution of $1214.43 with special condition of probation; improper use of credit card over $250: guilty, one year probation with same conditions as count one.

Timothy J. McCarthy, 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.

April 5, 2007

Josemar G. Almeida, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 courts costs and completion of eight hours of community service

Leandro Cardosa, assault with a dangerous weapon: continued without finding for one year, must pay $50 VW and $21 PSF.

Maria D. Cavanellas, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of 16 hours of community service.

Rawllins B. Costa, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours of community service; unregistered motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $100 fine.

Elias De Almeida, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, unregistered motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: continued to pretrial conference.

Chagnaro DeLima, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of eight hours of community service; leaving the scene of property damage: six months pretrial probation.

Wilson J. Desena, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: guilty, must pay $500 fine; motor vehicle lights violation: not responsible.

Humberto S. Landim, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court costs and completion of 16 hours of community service; unregistered motor vehicle: responsible, must pay $100 fine.

Walter E. Litchfield, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, motor vehicle lights violation: continued to pretrial conference.

Ines M. Miranda, marked lanes violation: responsible, must pay $100 fine; failure to stop for police: dismissed; negligent operation of motor vehicle: continued without finding for nine months, must pay $250 HIF, $50 VW, and $21 PSF; speeding: not responsible.

Maria Mitro, criminal harassment: dismissed.

Lucelena A. Pereira, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon completion of eight hours of community service; negligent operation of motor vehicle: guilty, must pay $20 fine and $250 HIF.

Adilson Ribeiro, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed, must pay $100 court costs and comple eight hours of community service; marked lanes violation: responsible, must pay $100 court costs.

Thaigo Desouza Silva, unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible; unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 fine.

Thiago Desouza Silva, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle: guilty, must pay $100 fine; unregistered motor vehicle: not responsible.

April 6, 2007

James S. Leroux, OUI-liquor or .08%, negligent operation of motor vehicle, license not in possession, speeding in violation of special regulation: 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.