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| Lewis County Court Activity Report: January 19, 2018 01/19/18 04:00pm |

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Criminal Court, with the Honorable Daniel R. King presiding: Alicia N. Babcock, 23, Croghan, was remanded to Lewis County Jail without bail after entering a general denial to a new violation of her terms of probation, with a January 26th adjournment date set. Ms. Babcock was sentenced to a five-year probation term on July 13, 2017 on a charge of Aggravated DWI- With Child (also known as Leandra's Law), a class "E" felony. Ms. Babcock pleaded guilty to the charge and was placed on Interim Conditions of Probation on June 10, 2016, and was back in court on November 4, 2016 after a positive drug test violated her interim probation terms. She was arrested originally after a property damage accident in the Town of New Bremen on July 18, 2015, with a young child in the vehicle. Shawn M. Desormeau, 37, Watertown, was sentenced as a second-felony offender to serve 3 to 6 years in State prison on a charge of third-degree Burglary, a class "D" felony, to which he pleaded guilty to on November 17, 2017. He was additionally ordered to pay $425 in court fees and $622..14 in restitution, and is barred from entering any Walmart store for five years. Mr. Desormeau had previous felony convictions in Jefferson County in 2006 and 2010. He was accused of stealing property from the Walmart store in the Town of Lowville on September 4, 2017. Daniel J. Haile, 25, of Port Leyden, was sentenced to serve a three-year probation term on a charges of fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, a class "A" misdemeanor and Resisting Arrest, also a class "A" misdemeanor, to which he pleaded guilty to on November 3, 2017. He paid restitution in the amount of $355 and was ordered to pay $50 in court fees. Mr. Haile was accused of damaging a wall, sheet rock and a door in the Village of Port Leyden on August 22, 2017 and resisting when officers tried placing him under arrest. William J. Hill, 32, Copenhagen, had his probation term revoked and was re- sentenced to serve a 1 1/3 to 4 year State prison term. Mr. Hill, on June 17, 2011, was sentenced to serve six months in Lewis County Jail and five years of probation after pleading guilty to charges of first-degree Burglary and second- degree Attempted Assault. He was found in violation of probation on November 18, 2013, September 22, 2015, and September 26, 2016. Mr. Hill was accused of entering a home in the town of Harrisburg on December 20, 2010 and hitting and kicking a victim, breaking the victim's nose and causing bruising to the face and ribs. Jeffrey F. Jantzi, 40, Lowville, was arraigned on a charge of first-degree Promoting Prison Contraband, a class "D" felony, and entered a NOT GUILTY plea. A four-count grand jury indictment was then unsealed, revealing two counts each of fifth-degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, class "D" felonies and fifth-degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, class "D" felonies, to which Mr. Jantzi entered NOT GUILTY pleas. Bail was set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond. Mr. Janzti is currently incarcerated in Seneca County serving a sentence on unrelated charges. An adjournment date of February 16th was set. Jennifer S. Loonan, 57, Castorland, was scheduled for sentencing and was placed on pretrial release for six months. Judge King stated that if she abides to her pretrial conditions he would sentence as a Conditional Discharge in six months. An adjournment date was set for July 13th. Ms. Loonan entered a GUILTY plea to a charge of fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, a class "A" misdemeanor on November 17, 2017. She was accused of burning her husband's clothes at their Town of Denmark home on August 12, 2017. Jordan M. Miller, 24, Glenfield, was remanded to Lewis County Jail without bail on a warrant signed by Judge King after an alleged unspecified violation of the terms of his pretrial release. Mr. Miller was arraigned and pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree Unlawful Manufacture of Methamphetamine on October 27, 2017 and was awaiting sentencing. He was accused of having meth-making materials during a vehicle stop on May 16, 2017 in the Town of Watson. Larry Mutchler, 37, of Lowville, had a tentative trial date of June 18th set, on charges of one count of third-degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana and two counts of fourth-degree Criminal Sale of Marijuana, after rejecting an offer from the District Attorney's office. Mr. Mutchler was arrested on November 6, 2017, accused of selling marijuana in the Village of Lowville. |