Washington County summary of major cases for the week of April 6

The following is a summary of cases handled by the Washington County Attorney's Office for the week of April 6, 2009. This list includes dates of first appearances of felonies and gross misdemeanors and results of sentencing hearings of felonies and gross misdemeanors.

SUMMARY OF MAJOR CASES FOR THE WEEK OF 4/6/2009

DATE: 4/8/2009

DEFENDANT: Chante Renee Tolbert

DOB: 4/18/1982

CITY/RESIDENCE:

AGENCY: Oak Park Heights Police Department

CHARGE: I: Issuance of Worthless Check

DATE: 4/3/2009

DEFENDANT: Michael Dennis Callais

DOB: 11/30/1961

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department

CHARGE: I: Check Forgery-Offer/Possess W/Intent to Defraud

DATE: 4/8/2009

DEFENDANT: Matthew Raymond Zajic

DOB: 6/30/1986

CITY/RESIDENCE: Spring Valley, WI

AGENCY: Stillwater Police Department

CHARGE: I: Aiding and Abetting Financial Transaction Card Fraud-Use-No

Consent; II: Traffic Accidents - Collision with Unattended Vehicle -

Notify Victim or Police

DATE: 4/2/2009

DEFENDANT: James David Magistad

DOB: 12/10/1982

CITY/RESIDENCE: OAKDALE, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Theft-Take/Use/Transfer Movable Prop-No Consent; II: Damage to

Property-1st Degree

DATE: 4/8/2009

DEFENDANT: Jennifer Rose Naughton

DOB: 4/6/1973

CITY/RESIDENCE: St Paul, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small

Amount Marijuana; II: Traffic-Drivers License-Driving After Revocation

DATE: 4/8/2009

DEFENDANT: David Eugene Schwab

DOB: 8/16/1986

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Cloud, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Terroristic Threats-Cause or Attempt Cause Terror; II:

Harassment-Pattern of Harassing Conduct

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: Jon Emanuel Ailara

DOB: 11/30/1981

CITY/RESIDENCE: Lindstrom, MN

AGENCY: Forest Lake Police Department

CHARGE: I: Promotes Prostitution of an Individual; II: Harassment-Third or

Subsequent Violation in 10yrs; III: Harassment; Violation Restraining

Order-Order/Previous Conv.

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: Katie Marie McCarthy

DOB: 11/21/1978

CITY/RESIDENCE: West St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small

Amount Marijuana

DATE: 4/1/2009

DEFENDANT: Justin Blake Quade

DOB: 2/8/1990

CITY/RESIDENCE: Prescott, WI

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office

CHARGE: I: Burglary-1st Deg-Poss Dangerous Weapon/Explosive; II: Damage to

Prop-1st Deg-Value Reduced Over $1,000

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: James Loren Weber

DOB: 9/15/1989

CITY/RESIDENCE: Stillwater, MN

AGENCY: Stillwater Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Sale - Marijuana Mixture Except Small

Amount of Marijuana with No Remuneration

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: Anthony Gene Lopez

DOB: 3/20/1971

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Receiving Stolen Property

DATE: 4/3/2009

DEFENDANT: Adam Christopher Collins

DOB: 3/21/1988

CITY/RESIDENCE: Stillwater, MN

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office

CHARGE: I: Fugitive from Justice from Other State

DATE: 4/3/2009

DEFENDANT: Shawn Paul Amick

DOB: 6/28/1968

CITY/RESIDENCE: Inver Grove Heights, MN

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department

CHARGE: I: Theft-Take/Use/Transfer Movable Prop-No Consent

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: Michael William Kostick

DOB: 6/5/1990

CITY/RESIDENCE: Cottage Grove, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 3rd Degree - Poss. Sch 1 or 2 Narcotic, LSD, MDA, or

MDMA in School/Park/Public Housing Zone; II: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess

Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana; III: Liquor-Consumption by

persons under 21

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: Daniel Bjorke Collins

DOB: 11/8/1983

CITY/RESIDENCE:

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small

Amount Marijuana

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: Linda Darnell Littles

DOB: 1/16/1961

CITY/RESIDENCE: Woodbury, MN

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CHARGE: I: Assault-2nd Degree-Dangerous Weapon; II: Domestic

Assault-Felony; III: Emergency Telephone Calls/CommunicInterfere with 911

Call; IV: Drugs - Possess/Sale Small Amount of Marijuana - No Remuneration

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: James Robert Cerney

DOB: 2/22/1962

CITY/RESIDENCE: ST PAUL PARK, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small

Amount Marijuana; II: Fleeing a Peace Officer By a Means Other Than a

Motor Vehicle; III: Drugs - Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - Use or

Possession

DATE: 4/9/2009

DEFENDANT: Anthony Edward Peterson

DOB: 1/19/1988

CITY/RESIDENCE: Lake Elmo, MN

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office

CHARGE: I: Criminal Sex Conduct-3rd Degree-Victim 13-15 Actor >24m older

DATE: 4/8/2009

DEFENDANT: Thomas Scott Redmann

DOB: 3/4/1956

CITY/RESIDENCE: Woodbury, MN

AGENCY: Stillwater Police Department

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small

Amount Marijuana

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: Jason William Hanken

DOB: 1/24/1976

CITY/RESIDENCE: Hastings, MN

AGENCY: St. Paul Police Dept. - Eastern Dist.

CHARGE: I: Drugs - 1st Degree - Sale - 10 Grams or

More-Cocaine/Heroin/Meth w/in 90-Day Period; II: Drugs - 2nd Degree - Sale

10 Grams/50 Doses-Amphe/PCP/Halluc. w/in 90-Day Period

DATE: 4/9/2009

DEFENDANT: Steven George Hart

DOB: 4/2/1963

CITY/RESIDENCE:

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CHARGE: I: Possess Pistol/Assault Weapon-Conviction of a Violent Crime

within 10yrs

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: Nathan William Stephen Thorn

DOB: 11/19/1976

CITY/RESIDENCE: Stillwater, MN

AGENCY: Stillwater Police Department

CHARGE: I: Terroristic Threats-Cause or Attempt Cause Terror

SENTENCING FOR THE WEEK OF 4/6/2009

DATE: 4/7/2009

DEFENDANT: Mark Christopher Bell

DOB: 12/15/1960

CITY/RESIDENCE: Minneapolis, MN

AGENCY: Bayport Police Department

CONVICTION: Theft Exercising Temporary Control

SENTENCE: The defendant was committed to the Commissioner of

Corrections for 21 months. Execution of sentence was stayed and the

defendant was placed on probation for 10 years with the following

conditions: 1) serve 180 days with credit for time served; 2) pay $50

fine plus surcharge; 3) no same or similar offenses, remain law abiding;

4) enter and complete the Teen Challenge Program; 5) no use, random

testing; 6) restitution of $1,173.85 to Auto Owners Insurance and $1,000

to Auto Kraft Unlimited; 7) provide a DNA sample; 8) cooperate with

transfer of probation to county of residence.

DATE: 4/6/2009

DEFENDANT: Brian Thomas McCarthy

DOB: 2/9/1987

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office

CONVICTION: Receiving Stolen Property

SENTENCE: The defendant was committed to the Commissioner of

Corrections for 24 months with credit for 216 days served. He is to pay

the surcharges and restitution is ordered to State Farm Insurance in the

amount of $3,492.26.

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: Eric Cole Taylor

DOB: 9/19/1972

CITY/RESIDENCE: Stillwater, MN

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CONVICTION: Aiding and Abetting 2nd Degree Burglary - Dwelling

SENTENCE: Committed defendant to Commissioner of Corrections for 28

months on a stay of execution and defendant is placed on probation for 8

years under the following conditions: 1) Serve 60 days in jail with credit

for 2 days served. Time may be served on in-custody Sentence to Service,

criteria waived; 2) Pay $50 fine; 3) Abstain from the use of all

mood-altering chemicals, including alcohol, and submit to random

urinalysis/breathalyzers at own expense; 4) Complete a chemical dependency

evaluation within 30 days and follow all recommendations; 5) Seek and

maintain gainful employment and/or education; 6) Obtain GED and provide

verification; 7) Have no same or similar offenses, be law abiding, and

cooperate with all the standard conditions of probation.

DATE: 4/6/2009

DEFENDANT: Brian Thomas McCarthy

DOB: 2/9/1987

CITY/RESIDENCE: St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department

CONVICTION: 3rd Degree Burglary

SENTENCE: The defendant was committed to the Commissioner of

Corrections for 33 months with credit for 216 days. This is concurrent

with his other sentence. He is to pay the surcharges on this file and

restitution to the victims.

DATE: 3/30/2009

DEFENDANT: Matthew Joseph Knebel

DOB: 3/14/1978

CITY/RESIDENCE: Hugo, MN

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department

CONVICTION: Aiding and Abetting Third Degree Burglary

SENTENCE: Defendant was committed to the Commissioner of Corrections

for 30 months and ordered to pay restitution.

DATE: 4/3/2009

DEFENDANT: David James Paul Heid, Jr.

DOB: 12/9/1987

CITY/RESIDENCE: Lakeland, MN

AGENCY: Bayport

CONVICTION: 5th Degree Drugs-Sale

SENTENCE: Court sentenced defendant to a stay of imposition of

sentence and placed on probation for 2 1/2 years on the following

conditions: 1) Serve 15 days in jail with credit for 9 days served, to be

served on in-custody Sentence to Service or straight time, if qualified,

criteria waived; 2) Pay $100 fine plus surcharges; 3) Complete a chemical

dependency evaluation and follow all recommendations, including

aftercare plans; 4) Abstain from the use of all mood-altering chemicals,

including alcohol, and submit to random testing at own expense; 5) Seek

and maintain gainful employment and provide verification; 6) No same or

similar offenses, be law abiding, and cooperate with all the standard

conditions of probation; 7) Complete the (RUDI) Resources for the

Unemployed and Determined

Individual program; 8) Provide biological specimen.

DATE: 3/30/2009

DEFENDANT: Jonathon Michael Carlin

DOB: 3/4/1989

CITY/RESIDENCE: Cottage Grove, MN

AGENCY: Newport Police Department

CONVICTION: Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 4th Degree

SENTENCE: The defendant was sentenced under a stay of imposition and

placed on probation for a period of 10 years subject to the following

conditions: 10 year conditional release, serve 60 days in the Washington

County Jail, pay a $500 fine, $78 in restitution, restitution to be left

open for 12 months, abstain from all mood altering chemicals including

alcohol, be subject to random testing, follow all recommendations of a

psycho-sexual evaluation, follow all conditions of the sex offender unit,

register as a predatory offender and

provide a DNA sample.

DATE: 4/1/2009

DEFENDANT: Amanda Rose Sullivan

DOB: 3/9/1982

CITY/RESIDENCE: New Hope, MN

AGENCY: Cottage Grove Police Department

CONVICTION: Controlled Substance Crime in the 5th Degree

SENTENCE: On the charge of Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Crime,

the Court stayed the adjudication of sentence and placed the defendant on

probation for 5 years under the following conditions: 1) Serve 44 days in

the Washington County Jail with credit for 44 days served.

2) Pay a fine in the amount of $50 plus surcharges. 3) Complete a

chemical dependency evaluation and follow all recommendations, including

aftercare. 4) Abstain from the use of all mood altering chemicals and

submit to random urinalysis/Breathalyzers at her own expense. 5) Obtain a

mental health assessment and follow all recommendations. 6) Seek and

maintain gainful employment and provide verification to the supervising

probation officer. 7) Have no same or similar offenses, be law abiding

and cooperate with all the standard conditions of probation.

DATE: 4/6/2009

DEFENDANT: Donyea Terrell Collins

DOB: 2/28/1985

CITY/RESIDENCE: ST PAUL, MN

AGENCY: Woodbury Police Department

CONVICTION: 5th Degree Assault

SENTENCE: The defendant was given 1 year jail and a $1,000 fine.

$800 of the fine and 335 days of the jail time were suspended. The 30

days may be done on out-of-custody Sentence to Service. He is to pay the

fine, be on probation for two years, no contact with the victim, no same

or similar offenses and remain law abiding. He is to complete an anger

management evaluation and follow the recommendations, and he is to provide

a DNA sample.

DATE: 4/10/2009

DEFENDANT: James Robert Berrisford

DOB: 5/22/1965

CITY/RESIDENCE: North St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: Oakdale Police Department

CONVICTION: 5th Degree Controlled Substance

SENTENCE: Committed defendant to Commissioner of Corrections for 15

months and stayed the execution of sentence and placed defendant on

probation for 10 years on the following conditions: 1) Serve 200 days in

jail with credit for 39 days, to be served on in-custody Sentence to

Service; 2) Pay $50 fine within one year; 3) Complete inpatient chemical

dependency treatment, and any subsequent recommendations, New Choices

Recovery, in-treatment jail treatment program; 4) Abstain from the use of

all mood-altering chemicals, including alcohol, and submit to random

urinalysis/breathalyzers at own expense; 5) Attend AA/NA meetings 3 times

per

week for 6 months; 6) Obtain a psychological evaluation and follow all

recommendations; 7) Seek and maintain gainful employment and provide

verification; 8) No same or similar offenses, be law abiding, and

cooperate with all the standard conditions of probation; 9) Cooperate with

the transfer of his supervision to his County of residence; 10) Provide a

biological specimen for purposes of DNA analysis.

DATE: 4/1/2009

DEFENDANT: Arne Christopher Anderson

DOB: 10/29/1982

CITY/RESIDENCE: HUGO, MN

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office

CONVICTION: Aiding and Abetting Theft of a Motor Vehicle

SENTENCE: On the charge of Aiding and Abetting Theft of a Motor

Vehicle, the Court stayed the imposition of sentence and placed the

defendant on probation for a period of 5 years under the following

conditions: 1) Serve 30 days in the Washington County Jail with credit

for 2 days served. The time may be served on Huber Work Release and the

defendant may serve the time on consecutive Friday through

Monday dates. 2) Pay a file of $300 plus surcharges. 3) Pay restitution

in the amount of $345.00 to victim through Washington County Court

Administration on a schedule to be established by the probation officer.

4) Have no same or similar offenses, be law abiding and cooperate with all

the standard conditions of probation. 5) Provide a biological specimen

for purposes of DNA analysis

DATE: 4/6/2009

DEFENDANT: James Theodore Moran

DOB: 12/2/1953

CITY/RESIDENCE: Lakeland, MN

AGENCY: Minnesota State Patrol Dist. 2400-East Metro

CONVICTION: Drugs - Possess Over 1.4 Grams Marijuana in Motor Vehicle

SENTENCE: The defendant was given 90 days jail and a fine of $1,000.

90 days of the jail time and $900 of the fine were suspended for 1 year

with the following conditions: 1) no same or similar offenses; 2)

complete a chemical dependency evaluation and follow the recommendations;

3) pay the fine.

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