Lake County District Court news for April 12, 2017
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Judge James A. Manley sentenced the following people on April 5:
Harry C. Fritsch III, 66, of Polson, was sentenced to four years and one month in the Department of Corrections with three years suspended for a fourth DUI. Fritsch was cited following a one-vehicle accident on Nov. 26, 2016, in which he drove a vehicle off the road and struck rocks and a culvert on U.S. 93 and Fox Road. Fritsch was then transported to the hospital. He was ordered to complete an alcohol treatment program.
Shana Kimberley Devlin was given a three-year deferred sentence for criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Some $733 seized by Polson Police will be applied to restitution to the Department of Corrections.
Mary Denise Finley, 35, of Polson, was given a six-month sentence in the Lake County Jail with all time suspended for misdemeanor unauthorized use of a vehicle. The plea agreement gave her credit for 17 days served. According to a court document, Finley took a relative’s 2007 Jeep Wrangler without permission on Aug. 27, 2016.
Andrew G. Davis, 30, of Polson, was given a six-month jail sentence with all time suspended for misdemeanor assault as part of a plea agreement. Davis was charged after he attempted to drag a man out of Davis’ car while wielding a knife, according to court records. Davis had no prior criminal record.
David Wayne Ingraham, 49, of Polson, had a suspended sentence revoked and he was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections with none suspended. He was given credit for 22 days served. Manley recommended Ingraham be screened for the Warm Springs Treatment and Change program, or WATCH. Ingraham was arrested on Nov. 30, 2016, and cited for driving without a license, but admitted to using alcohol. In the underlying case, he was convicted of criminal endangerment after he had a blood alcohol content of .207 following a June 6, 2014 traffic stop, court records state.
Alberta Caye, 51, of Elmo, had her sentence for criminal possession of dangerous drugs from July 2015 revoked. Caye was given a two-year deferred sentence in the Department of Corrections and ordered to complete in-patient treatment at the Montana Chemical Dependency Center in Butte followed by a home-based program. She was given credit for 69 days in jail. Caye had violated her probation by failing to report to her probation officer and using illegal drugs.
Patrick James Weaselhead, 26, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, received a three-year deferred sentence for criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute. He was arrested following an Oct. 1, 2016, traffic stop. Manley recommended Weaselhead get in-patient treatment. He was given credit for 134 days in jail. “You have been given a chance that in a lot of places you would not be given,” Manley said.
Judge Kim Christopher sentenced the following people on April 6:
Kathryn M. Hernandez, 60, of Dayton, was sentenced to three years in the Department of Corrections with all time suspended for issuing bad checks totaling more than $1,500 to five Lake County businesses. The sentence will run consecutively to a threeyear sentence in Flathead County. Christopher decided not to run the sentences concurrently, which was recommended in the plea agreement. “Since 1997, you’ve been stealing from people,” she said.
David William Parnell, 35, of Pablo, had his sentence from July 2016 revoked for criminal possession of dangerous drugs. He was given a five-year sentence in the Department of Corrections with no time suspended. He moved without notifying his probation officer and tested positive for illegal drugs last year, according to court records, and was arrested on drug charges twice in March.
Jessie L. Quequesah, 48, of Ronan, was given a three-year sentence in the Department of Corrections with all time suspended except for 30 days in jail for criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Christopher noted that Quequesah was convicted at jury trial and had denied the charge. Court documents state that an eyeglass case in a glove box was found with a baggie that tested positive for methamphetamine after a vehicle Quequesah was riding in was stopped on Oct. 28, 2015. She has a previous conviction for the same offense from 2005. She was given credit for eight days in jail and ordered to report by April 20 to serve the rest of her time. She was also ordered to complete a chemical dependency evaluation.
Jason Whealon was given a six-month sentence in the Lake County Jail with all time suspended for misdemeanor theft. The charge was amended from a felony after Whealon repaid $6,428 of $6,781 he owed for falsely claiming $5,099 in unemployment benefits from Oct. 15, 2011 to March 30, 2013. The additional restitution was for a 33-percent penalty. He was also ordered to pay $330 in fees.
