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District Attorney’s report, April 3

• John Tony Whitesell was charged on March 12 with theft, a felony.

• Ignacio Padilla aka “Nacho” was charged on March 11 with high-level trafficking in schedule I controlled substance (methamphetamine); offer, attempt, or commission of unauthorized act(s) relating to controlled substance; opening or maintaining place for unlawful sale, gift, or use of controlled substance(s); possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell; possession of controlled substance, all felonies; and destroying evidence, a gross misdemeanor.

• Keena Contois was charged on March 11 with high-level trafficking in a schedule I controlled substance (methamphetamine), a felony.

• Robert Tyce Bray was charged on March 20 with offer, attempt, or commission of unauthorized act(s) relating to controlled substance, first offense at or near school, school bus stop, recreational facilities for minors or park, a felony.

• Clayton Donald Bourke was charged on March 13 with possession of instrument with burglarious intent, a gross misdemeanor.

• Curtis William Dodd was charged on March 27 with domestic battery, a misdemeanor.

• Eric John Bowers was charged on March 24 with battery and resisting public officer, both misdemeanors.

• Eric Daniel Ray Alvarez was charged on March 17 with domestic battery, a misdemeanor.

• Arturo Alfaro Quintana was charged on March 12 with child abuse and neglect; coercion, two counts, all felonies; and domestic battery, a misdemeanor.

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