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| Lewis County Court Report: August 17, 2018 08/18/18 07:00am |
Court, with the Honorable Daniel R. King presiding: Kyra T. Bruce, 29, of Potsdam, was arraigned and pleaded GUILTY to charges of fifth-degree Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, a class "D" felony, and fifth-degree conspiracy, a class "A" misdemeanor. She was then placed on interim conditions of probation, with a final sentencing scheduled for August 16, 2019. Ms. Bruce was accused of selling a controlled substance at the moe.down Music Festival in the Town of Turin on July 1, 2017, in addition to conspiring with another individual to complete the sale. Cody W. Compeau, 30, of Phoenix, NY, was sentenced to serve five days in Lewis County Jail followed by a five year probation term, after successful completion of interim conditions of probation. He was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and $570 in court fees. Mr. Compeau pleaded guilty to a charge of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a class "E" felony, on December 20, 2016. The charge was a felony due to a previous DWI conviction in Oswego County in 2012. The charge stemmed from an October 9, 2016 traffic stop on Dayan Street in Lowville, where Mr. Compeau was accused of driving while intoxicated. Michael J DeJulio Jr., 32, of Cohoes, was allowed to withdraw a Guilty plea on a charge of fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, a class "A" misdemeanor and instead pleaded GUILTY to Disorderly Conduct, a violation, after Judge King deemed his interim conditions of probation successful ("barely," Judge King added). District Attorney Leanne Moser voiced her strong objection to the determination. Mr. DeJulio was given a 1 Year Conditional Discharge and ordered to pay a $100 fine, in addition to $3563.57 in restitution previously paid. Mr. DeJulio was accused of damaging a snowmobile and possessing trazadone on February 13, 2017, in the Town of Lewis. Deforest M. Flansburg, 58, of Constableville, was arraigned and entered a GUILTY plea to a felony Driving While Intoxicated charge. The charge is a felony due to a previous DWI conviction in the Town of West Turin on July 3, 2013. Sentencing was scheduled for October 26. Mr. Flansburg was accused of driving while intoxicated on July 18 in the Town of Lewis. Dennis Hill, 32, of Johnstown, NY, was sentenced to serve 1 1/2 years in State prison followed by 1 year of parole on a charge of fifth-degree Attempted Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance, a class "E" felony, to which he pleaded guilty to on June 29. He was additionally ordered to pay $50 in court fees. Mr. Hill was accused of attempting to sell LSD at the moe.down Music Festival, in the Town of Turin, on July 2, 2017. Toni L. Hodges, 28, of Calcium, was sentenced to a 1 Year Conditional Discharge on a charge of Petit Larceny, a class "A" misdemeanor, to which she pleaded guilty to on June 22. She was ordered to pay $250 in court fees. Ms. Hodges was accused of stealing a shotgun in the Town of Diana on September 21, 2017. Gabriel E. Jewett, 26, of Calcium, was sentenced to serve 3 years of probation on a charge of Petit Larceny, a class "A" misdemeanor, to which he entered a guilty plea to on June 22. He was also ordered to pay $250 in court fees. Mr. Jewett was accused of stealing a shotgun in the Town of Diana on September 21, 2017. Corey D. Marolf, 21, of Turin, pleaded GUILTY to a charge of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, a class "C" felony, satisfying all counts he was facing. Sentencing was scheduled for October 12. Mr. Marolf admitted to possessing a loaded assault weapon, on the couch beside him, in the Town of West Turin on April 26, 2018. At that time he was on probation for a previous misdemeanor weapons conviction from 2017. Bryan J. Martin, 28, of Greig, was arraigned and pleaded GUILTY to charges of Aggravated Driving While intoxicated, a class "E" felony, and second-degree Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. The felony DWI charge is due to a previous DWI conviction in the Town of Greig on December 11, 2012, in addition to having a BAC of .19 on the current charge. Sentencing in the case was adjourned until October 26, when Mr. Martin is expected to be placed on interim conditions of probation. He was accused of driving with a BAC of .19 on State Route 12, in the Town of West Turin, on February 3. Toby R. Post, 42, of Lyons Falls, was arraigned and pleaded GUILTY to a charge of third-degree Attempted Burglary, a class "E" felony. He was then placed on interim conditions of probation, with final sentencing scheduled for August 16, 2019. Mr. Post admitted to unlawfully entering a building on the River Road in the Town of Lyonsdale, on May 1, breaking items inside. Kayla A. Rogers, 31, of Lowville, was arraigned and pleaded GUILTY to an amended charge of fifth-degree Welfare Fraud, a class "A" misdemeanor, replacing the felony count she was originally facing. Sentencing was scheduled for September 21. Ms. Rogers admitted to receiving $160 in food benefits, between December 1 and December 31, 2017, by not reporting income to the Lewis County Department of Social Services. Thomas J. Vance, 25, of Watertown, was sentenced to serve a 3 year probation term and ordered to pay $250 in court fees on a charge of Petit Larceny, a class "A" misdemeanor, to which he pleaded guilty to on May 4. He must also pay $1,470 in restitution. Mr. Vance was accused of stealing jewelry from a residence in the Town of Denmark on September 13, 2017. |
