Avery County Court Report - April 14, 2011
The following information is courtesy of the Avery County Clerk of Court Office.
Listed charges are misdemeanors (m) and felonies (F) only.
We have listed attorneys for each case if that information was readily available.
ret. = retained attorney.
apt. = court-appointed attorney.
waiv. = defendant waived his/her right to a court-appointed attorney.
The following cases were heard in Avery County Criminal District Traffic Court April 4 with the Honorable Judge William Leavell presiding. Britt Springer prosecuted.
Clayton Howard Adams (waiv); (m) consuming alcohol under age 19; pled guilty, found guilty; $133 court costs.
Matthew G. Eller (waiv); (m) consuming alcohol by person age 19/20; pled guilty, found guilty; $25 fine, $133 court costs.
Jesse Lovell Laws (waiv); (m) possessing marijuana up to .5 ounce; pled guilty, granted prayer for judgment; $133 court costs; charge of (m) possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed.
Scott Stanley (ret. J. Seegers); driving while impaired; pled guilty, found guilty; 6 months unsupervised probation; $100 fine, $143 court costs, $250 restitution.
Randy K. Wacha (waiv); (m) possessing marijuana up to .5 ounce; pled guilty, granted prayer for judgment; $133 court costs; charge of (m) possession of drug paraphernalia was dismissed.
The following cases were continued:
April 14: Harley Mills, Ederlin Perez-Roblero, Scott P. Veach
April 15: Kyle T. Bryan, Sonia C. Heaton, Angela D. Hedrick, Dashon A. Horton, Lloyd McKinney, Max R. Potter, Bradley Shook, Justin M. South, Aaron E. Williams
May 6: Tiffany N. Church, Jourdan L. Jenklin, Justin D. Shook
May 12: Caitlin M. Adam, Dennis K. Batson, Jamie A. Burleson, Monica N. Burleson, Christian M. Olson, Zachary B. Welborn
May 13: Ronnie Clough, Jason G. Franz, Patrick M. Hamrick, Mike Houtsma, Harold G. Utz, Timothy K. Wright
May 26: Michael Lempert
May 27: Thomas H. Chessman, Christopher Harrison, Anthony M. Lewis, William N. Schumacher, Jacob C. Trivette, Matthew J. Trivette, Ethan T. Woodhouse
June 2: Raymond T. Gilleland, Teresa A. Libbey
June 3: Markham K. Childree, Cheryl Hart, Daniel L. Ketron
June 8: Joseph M. Johnson
Oct. 1: Jacob R. Darsey, Scott Hudgins, Samantha Schneider
The following orders for arrest for failure to appear were issued:
Julian E. Braswell, (m) being intoxicated and disruptive.
Sarah M. Deforest, driving while impaired.
Christopher L. Kirk, (m) possession of drug paraphernalia.
Allison F. Greene, (m) possessing marijuana up to .5 ounce.
The following cases were heard in Avery County Domestic Violence Court April 6 with the Honorable Judge Ted McEntire presiding. Meredith Roberts prosecuted.
Julio Bravo (ret. C. Whittle); (m) assault with a deadly weapon; pled guilty, granted prayer for judgment; $133 court costs.
The following orders for arrest for failure to appear were issued:
Adam McDaniel, (m) assault on a female.
The following cases were heard in Avery County Criminal District Traffic Court April 7 with the Honorable Judge Ted McEntire presiding. Britt Springer prosecuted.
Dennis William Carlsen (ret. G. McKinney); (m) resisting a public officer; pled not guilty, found guilty; $100 fine, $133 court costs; (m) consuming alcohol by person age 19/20; pled not guilty, found not guilty.
Anthony Clyde Catoe (ret. T. Speed); driving while impaired; pled not guilty, found guilty; 12 months unsupervised probation; $200 fine, $136 court costs, $225 restitution.
Comey Johnson Harris (ret. J. Seegers); driving while impaired; pled guilty, found guilty; 24 months unsupervised probation; $200 fine, $143 court costs, $20 restitution.
Robert W. Hedrick (apt. J. Seegers); (F) breaking and/or entering; pled guilty, found guilty; (F) breaking and/or entering a motor vehicle; pled guilty, found guilty; 24 months supervised probation; $133 court costs, $12.59 restitution.
Adrian V. Jorez (apt. L. Pfaff); driving while impaired; pled guilty, found guilty; 30 days active sentence.
The following cases were continued:
May 12: Carl Bindlechner, Joshua S. Blowers, Kevin M. Chabreck, Charles W. Turbyfill, Robert A. Whittington
May 13: Christopher J. Mackie, Monica L. Saffer
June 2: Patrick N. Hodges, Andrew B. Wilkins
The following case was dismissed:
Josh D. Beck, (m) second-degree trespassing.
The following orders for arrest for failure to appear were issued:
Jorge A. Rios, (m) probation violation.
