Court notes -- week ending Jan. 11, 2008

Magistrate Court

Jeramiah L. Whiffen, 24, was found guilty for the use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, (7/24/05 case). Whiffen was sentenced to 15 days in jail (13 days suspended), placed on 12 months probation and 5 days electronic monitor and fined $300 ($150 suspended) plus $147.50 in court costs.

Whiffen was found guilty for carrying a concealed weapon without a license, (7/24/05 case). Whiffen was fined $300 ($150 suspended).

Whiffen was found guilty for contempt of court, (7/24/05 case). Whiffen was sentenced to 5 days in jail (5 days credited) and fined $50.

Michael G. Adamson, 42, pleaded guilty to a charge of driving under the influence, (9/3/05 case). The case was withheld.

Adamson pleaded not guilty to a charge of failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license, (9/3/05 case). The charge was dismissed by the prosecutor.

Adamson was found guilty for a probation violation, (9/3/05 case).

Adamson was found guilty for contempt of court, (9/3/05 case). Adamson was sentenced to 5 days in jail (4 days suspended) and fined $100 ($100 suspended).

Daniel Scott Turnbaugh, 28, pleaded guilty for driving under the influence, (1/21/07 case). The case was withheld.

Spencer C. Uhl, 39, pleaded guilty for driving under the influence, (5/7/07 case). The case was withheld.

Jesus G. Marquez, 21, was found guilty for an amended charge of battery, (6/2/07 case--amended to disturbing the peace). Marquez was fined $100 plus $72.50 in court costs.

Richard D. Miskin, 30, pleaded not guilty to battery-domestic violence, (6/18/07 case). The case was dismissed by the prosecutor.

Sherman A. Miller, 28, pleaded guilty for an amended charge of battery, (6/16/07 case--amended to disturbing the peace). The case was withheld.

Daniel L. Widner, 21, had a charge of driving without privileges, (6/13/07 case), dismissed by the prosecutor.

Widner was found guilty for possessing a mutilated, altered or revoked drivers license, (6/13/07 case). Widner was fined $200 plus $122.50 in court costs.

James B. Warburton, 44, was found guilty for domestic violence-violation of protection order, (7/15/07 case). Warburton was sentenced to 150 days in jail (145 days suspended, 2 days credited), placed on 1 year probation and fined $1,500 ($1,300 suspended) plus $75.50 in court costs.

Melissa L. Huntington, 28, was found guilty for an amended charge of driving without privileges, (7/14/07 case--amended to failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license). Huntington was sentenced to 2 days in jail and fined $200 plus $75.50 in court costs.

Nikalena Lynch, 26, was found guilty for battery-domestic violence, (8/25/07 case). Lynch was sentenced to 180 days in jail (150 days suspended, 7 days credited), placed on 2 years probation and fined $1,000 ($1,000 suspended) plus $75.50 in court costs.

Lynch had a charge of injury to a child, (8/25/07 case), dismissed by the prosecutor.

Jamie Allen Barnhart, 29, was found guilty for urinating in public, (9/8/07 case). Barnhart was sentenced to 1 day in jail (1 day credited) and ordered to pay $125.50 in court costs.

Travis J. Perkins, 18, was found guilty for the possession, consumption and the purchase of an alcoholic beverage by a minor, (9/30/07 case). Perkins had his drivers license suspended for 30 days and fined $200 plus 75.50 in court costs.

Perkins had a charge of unlawful entry, (9/30/07 case) dismissed by the prosecutor.

Tracy D. Klett, 46, was found guilty for driving under the influence, (10/13/07 case). Klett was sentenced to 5 days in jail (2 days credited), placed on 1 year probation, had her drivers license suspended for 180 days and fined $600 plus $126.50 in court costs.

Raymond T. Melville, Jr., 19, was found guilty for failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license, (12/20/07 case). Melville was fined $68.50 plus $75.50 in court costs.

Ruben Castro, Jr., 24, was found guilty for failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license, (12/20/07 case). Castro was fined $144.

Antonio Gomez, 48, was found guilty for failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license, (12/21/07 case). Gomez was fined $144 plus $2 in court costs.

Michael J. Harris, 23, was found guilty for an amended charge of driving without privileges (3 offenses--12/24/07 case). The charge was amended to failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license. Harris was fined $200 plus $75 in court costs.

Khamis H. Ahmed, 47, was found guilty for driving on a divided highway/restricted access, (12/28/07 case). Ahmed was found guilty and fined $89.

Ernesto Escamilla-Ibarra, 27, was found guilty for driving under the influence, (12/31/07 case). Ibarra was sentenced to 10 days in jail (10 days credited) and had his drivers license suspended for 180 days.

Ibarra had a charge of failure to stop at an accident/left scene, (12/31/07 case), dismissed by the prosecutor.

Dereck M. Kelser, 26, was found guilty for driving without privileges, (12/31/07 case). Kelser was sentenced to 5 days in jail (1 day credited), issued a work release, had his drivers license suspended for 180 days and fined $300 plus $90.50 in court costs.

Kevin D. Rodemack, 18, was found guilty for hunting, trapping or fishing without a license, (1/3/08 case). Rodemack was fined $23 plus $83 in court costs.

Guillermo M. Chavez, 21, was found guilty for failure to purchase and holding an invalid drivers license, (1/3/08 case). Chavez was fined $144.

Jason A. Hotchkiss, 29, was found guilty for unlawful conveyance articles into and out of jail, (1/7/08 case). Hotchkiss was sentenced to 2 days in jail.

(Editor's note: The Mountain Home News reports all items released by the court each week. Readers should note, however, that some cases may be quite old. Any time there is a change in status of a case, such as a withheld judgement successfully or unsuccessfully completed, or a probation violation that results in all or part of a suspended sentence being executed, or a number of other factors, some quite minor, the case will be kicked back out by the courts and show up in the reports, usually without an explanation of what the change was.)