Kenai Courthouse is photographed on Feb. 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on Feb. 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

Court reports for the week of Aug. 1, 2021

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The following judgment was recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court:

Shannon Nicole Guzman Calvo, 31, of Eagle River, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of second-degree theft (access device or ID document), committed Feb. 6, 2020, one felony count of second-degree theft and one felony count of fraudulent use of stolen access device/ID, committed Feb. 5, 2020, and misdemeanor counts of one count of third-degree forgery and five counts of opening/publishing sealed letter, committed Feb. 6, 2020. She was sentenced to five years in prison with two years suspended on each of the three felony counts of second-degree theft, to three years on each of the felony counts of second-degree theft and fraudulent use of a stolen access device, and to 30 days on each of the misdemeanor counts, credited for time already served, fined $2,000 on the felony count of second-degree theft (stolen access device), $500 on the misdemeanor count of third-degree forgery, and $100 on each of the misdemeanor counts of opening/publishing a sealed letter, fined a $200 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $200 cost of appointed counsel, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, ordered not to associate with people who use or sell illegal controlled substances nor enter or remain in places where illegal controlled substances are used, manufactured, grown or sold, not to possess checks or have a checking or savings account not in her own name, ordered to close all checking and charge accounts and not apply for, possess or at any time use a credit card unless authorized in writing by the probation/parole officer, ordered to inform any employer of this conviction and probation status, and was placed on probation for seven years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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