27th Circuit Court sentencings, March 20, 2020.

27th Circuit Court sentencings, March 20, 2020.

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By Allison Scarbrough, Editor.

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

– Martin Joseph Watson, 41, of 5231S. Archer Ave., Chicago, was

Watson

found guilty Jan. 13 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced March 9 to 10 months in jail with credit for 72 days served; driver’s license suspended 180 days/restricted after 30 days; and $398 in fines and costs. “Probation is not being recommended for the defendant as defendant is a resident of Illinois and on parole with the State of Illinois,” his court file states.

– William Jon Monroe, 45, of 212 Michigan St., Walkerville, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced March 9 to 150 days

Monroe

in jail with credit for 89 days served and $1,675.91 in fines, costs and restitution. Probation, which stems from July 16, 2018 conviction of killing/torturing animals, is revoked.

– Randy Alan VanderZanden, 50, of 475 E. Lever Rd., Hart, was found guilty of controlled substance

VanDerZanden

possession less than 25 grams and was sentenced Feb. 14 to 30 days in jail with credit for three days served; two years probation; driver’s license suspended 180 days/restricted after 30 days; and $458 in fines and costs.

– Michael Ivan Darling III, 23, of 7040 Frederick Ave., Twin Lake, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced Feb. 10 to six months in jail with credit for five days served and $458 in fines and costs. Probation, which stems from

Darling

an April 9, 2018 conviction of fourth-degree fleeing a police officer, is revoked. Holmes Youthful Trainee Act status is revoked.

– April Mae-Kristi Schaeffer, 41, of 7046 W. Webster Rd., Montague, was found guilty of probation violation and

Schaefer

sentenced March 16 to one year in jail with credit for one year served; driver’s license suspended one year/restricted after 60 days; and $490 in fines and costs. Probation, which stems from a Jan. 22, 2018 conviction of second-offense methamphetamine possession, is revoked.

– Frederick Leo Whitehead, Jr., 49, of 2684 E. Garfield Rd., Shelby, was found guilty Nov. 25, 2019 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced March 16 to 98 days in jail with credit for 98 days served; 18 months probation; driver’s license suspended 180

Whitehead

days/restricted after 30 days; and $490 in fines and costs.

– Alberto Tejada, 33, of 571 Spencer Rd., Mears, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced March 16 to one year in jail with credit for 318 days served and $490 in fines

Tejada

and costs. Probation, which stems from an April 2, 2018 conviction of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, is revoked.

– Michael Eugene Jacobs, 32, of 590 E. 112th St., Grant, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced March 16 to 30 days in jail; probation continued; will be placed back on Secure Continuous Remote

Jacobs

Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) for 90 days following release from jail; and $582 in fines and costs. Probation stems from an April 1, 2019 conviction of third-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI).

– Benjamin Dakota Booher, 19, of 6767 E M 20, Hesperia, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced

Booher

March 16 to 270 days in jail with credit for 224 days served and $860 in fines, costs and restitution. Probation, which stems from a July 23, 2018 conviction of breaking and entering, is revoked.

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