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

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

Court reports for the week of Jan. 30, 2022

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

Charges of one count of fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure) and one count of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury) against David Charles Fairbanks, 39, of Sterling, were dismissed. Date of the charges was July 5, 2020.

A charge of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) against Katherine Hope Hinchman, 28, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Apr. 2, 2021.

A charge of driving while license canceled, revoked or suspended (with a previous conviction) against Kristopher Austin Marquis, 34, of Sterling was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 25, 2020.

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A charge of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance against John D. Mumey, 21, of Ninilchik, was dismissed. He forfeited all items seized. Date of the charge was Oct. 4, 2020.

A charge of fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons against Patrick Trent, 24, of Kenai, was dismissed. He agreed to forfeit all items seized. Date of the charge was Oct. 29, 2018.

A charge of fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance against Patrick Trent, 24, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Sept. 21, 2019.

Charges of one count of driving under the influence, one count of driving while license canceled, revoked or suspended (for a criminal offense), and one count of violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor against James Patrick Williamson, 69, of Soldotna, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Sept. 24, 2021.

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

Keith Roscoe Bartman, 37, address unknown, was found guilty of one count of attempted second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, committed June 18, 2014, one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, committed from February to March, 2014, and another count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, committed from February to March, 2014. He was sentenced to 70 years in prison with 30 years suspended on each count. The time to serve and suspended time are concurrent on the first two counts and with the third count, except one day to serve on each of the first two counts, so the total time to serve is 40 years and two days. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $2,500 cost of appointed counsel, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims of two prior felony sex offenses or their children, whether or not the children are minors, will be eligible to apply for discretionary parole after serving 30 years, provided he has successfully complete an approved sex offender treatment program, ordered, among other conditions of probation, to not knowingly associate with a person who is on probation or parole or a person who has a record of felony conviction unless with prior written permission from a probation officer, ordered to provide blood and oral samples for the DNA Registration System when requested to do so by a health care professional or a correctional, probation, parole or peace officer, ordered not to at any time have under his control a concealed weapon, a firearm, a switchblade or gravity knife, or any prohibited weapon nor reside where there is a firearm capable of being concealed on a person or where a prohibited weapon is present, ordered to register as a sex offender, and to obtain a sex offender evaluation/risk assessment, ordered not to possess any sexually explicit material without prior written permission from the probation officer and, if applicable, from the sex offender treatment provider, ordered to submit to search for the presence of communications with minors, ordered to provide the probation officer with all passwords or access codes used on the computer, ordered not to enter any establishment whose primary business is the sale of sexually explicit material, ordered to no knowingly have an contact with persons under 18 years of age unless in the immediate presence of another adult who knows the circumstances of his crime and who has been approved in writing by the probation officer, ordered not to enter places where children congregate, such as community parks, playgrounds and schools and not to live in areas adjacent to such places without prior written permission from the probation officer, ordered to complete substance abuse and mental health evaluations and comply with treatment recommendations, ordered not to open or maintain an account with any internet provider or participate in any social media accounts without prior written permission from the probation officer, may not reside where a minor under the age of 18 is residing or staying without written permission from the probation officer, sex offender treatment provider, and the parent/guardian of the minor, ordered to inform any employer of this conviction and his probation status prior to beginning any employment, may not use, possess or consume any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs an marijuana, and may not reside where alcoholic beverages are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol. He was found not guilty and acquitted of all other charges in this case.

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