Trial slated
Court proceedings
Taylor County Circuit Court
Lane B. Meier a.k.a. Lane Brannan Meier, 17, Ogema, appeared in court and entered a plea of not guilty to vehicle operator fleeing or eluding an officer.
Saundra K. Borntrager, 19, Rib Lake, pled no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia and forfeited $330.50.
Aaron M. Brown, 25, Medford, pled no contest to criminal damage and forfeited $263.50.
Brown also pled no contest to criminal damage to property. Brown was sentenced to serve 10 days in jail; pay $911.84 in costs and restitution; and must attend and complete anger management classes and comply with treatment recommendations, as well as provide proof of compliance to the district attorney’s office within one year of sentencing.
A separate charge of disorderly conduct against Brown was dismissed but read in for sentencing purposes.
Tyler D. Kochendorfer, 35, Medford, pled guilty to operating while under the influence-first offense [prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC) greater than or equal to 0.15 percent]. Kochendorfer forfeited $1,035.50; his driver’s license was revoked for seven months; an ignition interlock device (IID) is to be installed on his vehicle for 12 months and he must complete an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with a driver safety plan.
Separate charge of operating with a PAC greater than or equal to 0.15 percent-first offense and operating left of center against Kochendorfer were dismissed on prosecutor’s motions.
Christopher J. Krech, 49, Oshkosh, pled no contest to an amended charge of operating while under the influence- third offense. The original charge had been operating while under the influence-fourth offense. Krech was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail; pay a forfeiture of $2,548; submit to a DNA sample; his driver’s license was revoked for 28 months; an IID is to be installed on his vehicle for 12 months; and he must attend an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with treatment recommendations. A count of operating with a PACfourth offense was dismissed on a prosecutor’s motion.
Brandon M. Miller, 28, Withee, pled no contest to operating while under the influence-second offense. Miller was sentenced to serve 35 days in jail (court approved electronic monitoring if available); pay a forfeiture of $1,601; submit to a DNA sample; his driver’s license was revoked for 15 months; an IID is to be installed on his vehicle for 12 months; and he must attend an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with recommendations. Counts of operating with a PAC-second offense, disorderly conduct-domestic abuse and criminal damage to property were dismissed on prosecutor’s motions.
Tara L. Reamer, 38, Medford, pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Sentence was withheld and Reamer was placed on probation for 18 months on the condition she serve five days in jail; pay a forfeiture of $443 and supervision fees as ordered by the Department of Corrections (DOC); submit to a DNA sample; and undergo an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with any treatment recommendations. Reamer also pled guilty to a count of possession of THC (as a party to a crime). Sentence was withheld and she was placed on probation for 18 months. Conditions are the same as for her other probation, with the exception that there is no additional jail time. Counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place (as a party to a crime) and possession of drug paraphernalia (as a party to a crime) were dismissed on prosecutor’s motions.
Larry C. Lonie, 47, Rib Lake, pled no contest to false imprisonment-domestic abuse. He was given a five-year sentence consisting of two years in prison and three years of extended supervision, to run concurrent to any other sentence. As conditions to his extended supervision, Lonie must pay a forfeiture of $618 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; and submit to a DNA sample. Lonie also pled no contest to possession of a firearm by a convicted felony. He was given a five-year sentence consisting of two years in prison and three years of extended supervision, to run concurrent to any other sentence and to his other count. As conditions to his extended supervision, Lonie must pay a forfeiture of $518 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; and submit to a DNA sample. Lonie pled no contest to a count of battery-domestic abuse. He was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail, to run consecutive to any other sentence and to his other two counts; pay a forfeiture of $543; and submit to a DNA sample. Counts of criminal damage to property, battery-domestic abuse, false imprisonmentdomestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation-domestic abuse, and two counts of disorderly conduct-domestic abuse were dismissed but read in for sentencing purposes.
Matthew L.H. Maxam, 28, Stanley, pled no contest to possession with intent-amphetamine greater than 10 to 50 grams (repeater). He was given a 12-year sentence consisting of four years in prison and eight years of extended supervision, to run concurrent with any current sentence being served. As conditions of his extended supervision, Maxam must pay a forfeiture of $518 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; submit to a DNA sample; attend any counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary agent; and attend an alcohol and drug assessment and follow through with any treatment recommendations. Counts of possession with intentamphetamine greater than 10 to 50 grams (repeater) (as a party to a crime) and possession of drug paraphernalia to manufacture, compound, convert, produce or store methamphetamine (repeater) were dismissed but read in for sentencing purposes.
Gerardo Torres Jr., 24, Medford, pled no contest to second-degree sexual assault of a child. He was given a 10-year sentence consisting of five years in prison and five years of extended supervision, to run concurrent with his federal sentence. As conditions of his extended supervision, Torres must pay a forfeiture of $977.09 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC; submit to a DNA sample; undergo an psychosexual evaluation and follow through with treatment recommendations, have no contact with the victim or his family; lifetime sex offender registration; and undergo counseling as deemed appropriate by the probationary agent. Torres also pled no contest to possession of child pornography. He was given a 10-year sentence consisting of five years in prison and five years of extended supervision, to run concurrent with his other count and federal sentence. As conditions of his extended supervision, Torres must pay a forfeiture of $5,518 and supervision fees as ordered by the DOC. All other conditions of his extended supervision are the same as for his other count. Counts of child sexual exploration-employ, use, induce (lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders), exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child, possession of child pornography, intimidate victim-threaten force, and eight counts of possession of child pornography (lifetime supervision of serious sex offenders) were dismissed but read in for sentencing purposes.
