27th Circuit Court sentencings include breaking/entering, child abuse.

March 19, 2016

Hastings

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By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor.

HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court:

– John Roger Hastings, 42, of 122 E. Columbia St., Mason, Michigan, was found guilty Feb. 1 of failure to pay child support and sentenced March 14 to serve 100 days up front of a three-month discretionary jail term with credit for 100 days served; five years probation; $1,063.35 in restitution; and $258 in fines and costs.

Couturier

– Steven Lee Couturier, 35, of 5631 S. Sagola Trail, New Era, was found guilty Feb. 1 of third-degree child abuse and sentenced March 14 to serve 30 days up front of a nine-month discretionary jail term with credit for one day served in jail; one year probation; and $400 in fines and costs.

– Franklin James Welch, 31, of 2669 Webster Rd., Montague, was found guilty Feb. 1 of fleeing a police officer and driving while license suspended (DWLS). He received an amended sentence, March 14, of serving six months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for count 1 and 93 days up front for count 2. Both terms run concurrently, and he received credit for two days served in jail. He was also ordered to pay $450 in fines and costs. One count of third-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL) was dismissed.

Welch

– Foster Lewis Mudget, 25, of 2668 E. VanBuren Rd., Hart, pleaded “no contest” Feb. 1 to delivery of a schedule 1, 2, 3 drug – fentanyl. He was sentenced March 14 to 44 months to seven years in prison with credit for 327 days served and $198 in fines and costs.

– David Theodore McDaniel, 47, of 3914 E. Johnson Rd., Hesperia, pleaded “no contest” Feb. 1 to assault with a weapon and was sentenced March 14 to one year in jail with credit for 83 days served; two years probation; no contact with victims; outpatient counseling; and $400 in fines and costs. One count of assault with a weapon and one count of delivery/manufacture of marijuana were dismissed.

Mudget

– Esteven G. Escamilla, 39, of 6675 N. 126th Ave., Hart, was found guilty Feb. 1 of third-offense OUIL and sentenced March 14 to serve 90 days up front of a nine-month discretionary jail term with credit for one day served; work release allowed; one year probation; must comply with Michigan Department of Corrections remote alcohol monitoring and reimburse the state for the cost. One count of second-offense DWLS was dismissed.

– Clinton Charles Pastor, 26, of 1826 Ray St., Muskegon, was found guilty Jan. 25 of breaking and entering with intent and sentenced March 14 to serve 67 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail term with credit for 67 days served; one year probation; $400 in fines and costs; and no alcohol/drugs. In a separate file, he was

McDaniel

found guilty of breaking and entering with intent Jan. 20 and sentenced March 14 to serve eight months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence with credit for 97 days served; $5,314.16 in restitution; $258 in fines and costs; two years probation; and no alcohol/drugs. Sentences run concurrently.

– Aaron Vaughn Jacobs, 30, of 7044 N. 92nd Ave., Hart, was found guilty Jan. 20 of breaking and entering with intent and sentenced March 14 to serve eight months up

front of a one-year discretionary jail term with credit for 97 days served; two years probation; no alcohol/drugs; and $458 in fines, costs and restitution. One count of larceny in a building was dismissed.

Escamilla

– Jason Alan Ennis, 29, of 2275 N. 192nd Ave., Walkerville, pleaded “no contest” Feb. 1 to third-degree child abuse and was sentenced March 14 to serve 60 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail term beginning March 28 with credit for one day served; $400 in fines and costs; 18 months probation; no contact with victims; and no alcohol/drugs. One count of second-degree child abuse dismissed.