Court reports for March 6, 2020

Court reports for March 6, 2020

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The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

Tylor Ray Arndt, 28, address unknown, pleaded guilty to second-degree failure to stop at the direction of an officer, committed Feb. 7, 2017. He was sentenced to 365 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $2,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months.

Amanda Marie Kivi, 31, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of attempted first-degree hindering prosecution and one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons (carrying a concealed weapon and failure to inform officer), committed Nov. 13. On count one, she was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited the firearm seized, ordered to possess no firearms during probation period, and placed on probation for one year. On count two, she was ordered to possess no firearms during probation period, forfeited the firearm seized, and placed on probation for one year.

Amanda Marie Kivi, 31, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) and one count of violating condition of release for a felony, committed Jan. 12. On count one, she was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and ordered to have no contact with Walmart. On count two, she was sentenced to five days in jail.

Hayden Anthony Patterson, 22, of Homer, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 25. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year.

Julianna M. Talbot, 18, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 29. Imposition of sentence was suspended, and she was placed on probation for 12 months, fined a $100 court surcharge, ordered to complete 24 hours of community work service, and forfeited all items seized.

Gabriel Scott Wackler-Murdock, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 29. He was sentenced to 100 days in jail with all but time served, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription, maintained in their original containers and taken as prescribed, forfeited all item seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court:

Jesse Earl Taylor Bass, 33, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Aug. 11. He was fined a $200 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana or synthetic drugs, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol to excess and controlled substances, and was placed on probation for three years.

Joshua Simon Tisdale, 27, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one consolidated count of possession of child pornography, committed Jan. 31, 2018. He was sentenced to five years in prison with three years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $500 cost of appointed counsel, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use, possess or consume alcohol to excess or illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, to, upon release from incarceration, register as a sex offender, to obtain a sex offender evaluation/risk assessment to determine the need for sex offender monitoring/counseling/treatment and follow all recommendations, to actively participate in and successfully complete approved sex offender treatment programming, as directed by the probation officer, to not knowingly have any contact with a person under 18 years of age unless in the immediate presence of another adult who knows the circumstances of his crime and who is approved in writing by a probation officer, ordered not, without written permission of the probation officer, to enter places where children congregate, such as parks, playgrounds and schools and not to live in areas adjacent to schools or places frequented by children, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, evidence of controlled substance transactions, pornography, minor children and sexually explicit materials, ordered to not at any time possess any sexually explicit material, including but not limited to books, movies, videos, magazines, printed matter, computer discs or files, any encryption devices or computer mechanisms or other electronic devices that can hold this type of visual or audio material without prior written permission of the probation office and, if applicable, the sex offender treatment provider, ordered not to open or maintain an account with any Internet provider or participate in any social media accounts such as dating sites, including but not limited to MySpace, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Twitter and is expressly forbidden to access the Internet from anyone else’s account without prior written permission from the probation officer, must observe limitations on driving privileges, which include but are not limited to picking up hitchhikers or hitchhiking, ordered not, without the approval of the probation officer, his sex offender treatment provider, if applicable, and the parent/guardian of the minor, to reside where a minor under the age of 18 is residing, ordered to inform all persons with whom he has a close personal relationship, as determined by the probation officer and, if applicable, the treatment provider, of his sex offending history, and was placed on probation for 10 years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

A charge of improper use of registration, title or plates against Hayden Anthony Patterson, 22, of Homer, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Oct. 5.

A charge of driving under the influence against Evelyn Marie Howell, 56, of Kasilof, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 23.

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