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Former Lion’s club treasurer sentenced for theft

Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Former Lion’s club treasurer sentenced for theft

By Tavin Stucki LOGAN — A Paradise woman who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony for stealing from the Paradise Lion’s club was sentenced Tuesday in 1st District Court. Peggy Sue McDonald, the chapter’s former treasurer, was sentenced to five ...

Judge sentences man to a year in jail for assault

Thursday, November 21st, 2013 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Judge sentences man to a year in jail for assault

By Manda Perkins and Addison M.T. Hall LOGAN – First District Court Judge Kevin Allen made it clear in his courtroom Monday that violent crimes are taken extremely seriously. “You’re fortunate somebody didn’t get hurt,” Allen told José Gutierrez, who was ...

Woman sentenced to 0-5 years in prison on drug charge

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Woman sentenced to 0-5 years in prison on drug charge

By Brandon Fonda LOGAN – A Smithfield woman was sentenced to 0-5 years in the Utah State Prison Tuesday morning in 1st District Court. Bridget Hallmark, 40, was charged with possession or use of a controlled substance, a 3rd degree felony, after ...

Logan man will serve 120 days in jail for burglary

Friday, November 16th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan man will serve 120 days in jail for burglary

By Dani Hayes LOGAN – A Logan man was sentenced to 120 days in Cache County Jail Tuesday morning in 1st District Court. Jimmy Willis, 24, was charged with burglary and obstructing justice, both third-degree felonies, for a crime he committed in ...

Logan woman sentenced for selling meth

Friday, April 13th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan woman sentenced for selling meth

By Sean O’Sullivan LOGAN – A Logan woman was sentenced Tuesday in 1st District Court to between one and 15 years in state prison for dealing methamphetamines. Guadalupe Ruiz will spend one year of her sentence in the Cache County ...

Logan man sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for child sex abuse

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan man sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for child sex abuse

By Josh Ruggles LOGAN -- A Logan man was sentenced in 1st District Court Monday to spend 15 years to life in prison for the aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Efrain Marty Ruiz will likely live out his remaining years behind ...

Plea in abeyance lets woman avoid jail for minor in possession charge

Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Lindsay Nemelka and D. Whitney Smith LOGAN — Waiving her right to counsel, a defendant facing a minor in possession charge entered a guilty plea in abeyance Tuesday morning in 1st District Court. Shaulynne Rae Leonard, 19, was sentenced to ...

Man sentenced for violating protective order

Friday, April 29th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Man sentenced for violating protective order

By Kate Rouse LOGAN--Jose Roberto Oyuela pleaded guilty to violating a protective order, a class-B misdemeanor, in 1st District Court Wednesday and was sentenced to 180 days in the Cache County Jail. Oyuela testified he had gone to his children's school to ...

Woman sentenced to 5 years in prison after faking her drug test

Friday, April 22nd, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Mariah Noble LOGAN — After altering a urine analysis at the House of Hope Drug Rehabilitation Center and Bear River Health Department, a woman was sentenced to serve five years in the Utah State Prison on Tuesday. Andrea Shaw, 39, who ...

Bravo sentenced on attempted sex abuse charges

Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Bravo sentenced on attempted sex abuse charges

By Lis Stewart LOGAN—Leo Bravo, former director of the Cache Valley Multicultural Center, was sentenced to up to two years in the Cache County Jail Wednesday morning on two counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse. ...

Man draws jail time for impaired driving

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Man draws jail time for impaired driving

By Jamee Dyches LOGAN -- A young father was sentenced to six days in the Cache County Jail after pleading guilty to impaired driving, a class B misdemeanor, and driving without registration, a class C misdemeanor, during a pretrial conference Tuesday ...

Judge rules GED completion is ‘get out of jail’ card for Martinez

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Judge rules GED completion is ‘get out of jail’ card for Martinez

By Stephanie Zollinger LOGAN--William Martinez, 17, pleaded guilty to possession or use of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, both class A Misdemeanors, in First District Court on April 5. Judge Thomas Willmore presided and sentenced Martinez to serve ...

Logan man sentenced for providing alcohol to a minor

Saturday, March 5th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan man sentenced for providing alcohol to a minor

By Teresa Nield LOGAN -- A Logan man pleaded guilty in 1st District Court Tuesday to two charges of providing alcohol for a minor. Jordan R. Phelps, 21, was sentenced by Judge Thomas Willmore to 180 days in jail, with all ...

Woman will do prison time for theft, burglary

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »

By Megan Wiseman LOGAN--Miranda Wecker, 21, was sentenced Tuesday morning in 1st District Court for two counts of burglary and one count of theft, all third-degree felonies. The sentences of 0 to 5 years in prison for each crime will run ...

Student gets jail time for writing his own prescriptions

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Student gets jail time for writing his own prescriptions

By Elizabeth Grewe LOGAN—Jordan S. Allred pleaded guilty to drug charges Tuesday afternoon in 1st District Court. Allred, 24, pleaded guilty to four third-degree felony charges of obtaining prescriptions under false pretenses from May 13 and July 8, 2010. Judge Thomas ...

Franklin man sentenced to 1 year in jail for sexual abuse of a minor

Thursday, November 18th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Franklin man sentenced to 1 year in jail for sexual abuse of a minor

By Max Parker Dahl LOGAN—A Franklin, Idaho man who, according to court documents, has evaded police for two years on charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, was sentenced for the third-degree felony in 1st District Court Tuesday. Judge Thomas ...

Woman sentenced for driving on suspended license

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Woman sentenced for driving on suspended license

By Kate Clark LOGAN--Vicki Johnson was sentenced to 41 hours of community service Wednesday in Logan City Municipal Justice Court for driving on a suspended license. Johnson, who pleaded guilty for the second-time offense, claimed she wasn’t aware of the suspension, ...

Logan man gets another 6 months added to sentence

Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan man gets another 6 months added to sentence

By Safiyyah Ballard LOGAN--Clint Clair Gunnell of Logan was sentenced to six months in Cache County Jail by 1st District Court Judge Clint Judkins Monday, for possession or use of a controlled substance. Gunnell, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge and ...

Logan man gets jail time for misdemeanors

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Logan man gets jail time for misdemeanors

By Jen Stevenson LOGAN--Joseph Olive, 27, of Logan, was sentenced to 20 days in the Cache County Jail in 1st District Court April 27. Olive was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license, both class B ...

Smithfield man sentenced for running from police

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Smithfield man sentenced for running from police

By Kayla Woodring LOGAN—Judge Thomas Willmore sentenced a Smithfield man to jail time, fines and drug and alcohol rehabilitation Wednesday after telling him he was insufficiently punished for similar offenses as a minor. Cody Moulton, 18, pleaded guilty in 1st District Court ...