Lake County District Court news for Aug. 8, 2012
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Judge Deborah Kim Christopher dealt with the following cases Thursday, Aug. 2:
Alex Finley, 28, Ronan, had his 2003 suspended sentences for criminal endangerment, a felony, and criminal mischief, a felony, revoked and was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for 10 years, five suspended, on the first count, and five years, all suspended, on the second count.
According to court documents, Finley violated his probation by being cited for driving erratically, speeding and not having insurance; by using marijuana; consuming alcohol (on March 13, he had a blood alcohol concentration of .259); failing to pay court-ordered fees and restitution; failing to complete chemical dependency treatment; and associating with a known offender.
Desiree Peone, 27, St. Ignatius, in a change of plea, admitted to the amended offense of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. She was found guilty, and sentencing was set for Thursday, Sept. 6, at 9 a.m.
According to court documents, the charge stems from a December 2011 incident where Peone was involved in a traffic stop by Tribal Police. While Peone, the driver, was attempting to retrieve documents, an officer saw a marijuana pipe and a baggie of pills in the vehicle. Peone then told the officer there were several empty baggies of methamphetamine in her car. The officer also saw a sawed-off shotgun next to Peone, placed her in handcuffs and found on her person a pipe with suspected methamphetamine residue in it. As Peone was walking to the rear of the vehicle, a tobacco tin fell from her pant leg. She said the tin contained methamphetamine and consented to a search of her vehicle. The officer found a scale and several baggies all containing suspected methamphetamine residue, another small glass pipe and several pills.
(Editor’s note: For more District Court records from Aug. 2, see next week’s Valley Journal.)
