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DA’s Report

• Ronna Richele McKiernan was charged on April 23 with driving without a valid license; display of fictitious temporary vehicle registration, plate, placard, or permit; security for payment of tort liabilities required; failure to maintain travel lane; and texting while driving.

• Roy Nathaniel Johnson III was charged on April 23 with resisting public officer and assault upon an officer.

• Lonnie W. Hammock was charged on April 23 with domestic battery.

• Jerry Lynn Duffel was charged on April 23 with first degree arson, theft and assault with a deadly weapon, two counts.

• Michael Alyn Dawson was charged on April 23 with driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Patricia Huntsman was charged on April 23 with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and throwing burning cigarette or other material from moving vehicle.

• Kenneth Michael Riley was charged on April 23 with resisting public officer and obstructing a public officer.

• Kenneth Anthony Stults was charged on April 23 with resisting public officer and obstructing a public officer.

• Paul Richard Genet was charged on April 23 with engaging in business or submitting bid without contractors license, first offense.

• Lonnie Masrow Pratt was charged on April 23 with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, second offense.

• Andrea Lee Mendenhall was charged on April 23 with failure to appear after admission to bail.

• Danielle Patricia Bosang was charged on April 24 with domestic battery and obstructing a public officer.

• Amber Rae Rorrer was charged on April 24 with domestic battery.

• Aaron Michael Hoover was charged on April 24 with domestic battery.

• Brienn Covington was charged on April 24 with petit larceny.

• Nicholas Marcelo Hernandez was charged on April 25 with stop required upon signal of peace officer and assault upon an officer.

• Jenifer Lynn Benedict was charged on April 28 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of firearm with serial number changed, altered, removed or obliterated.

• Christopher Raymond Biddy was charged on April 28 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of firearm with serial number changed, altered, removed or obliterated.

• William Thomas MacNeil was charged on April 28 with driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended; security for payment of tort liabilities required; and duty to stop at scene of accident involving damage to vehicle or property.

• Ricky Benjamin Richardson Jr. was charged on April 28 with theft.

• Gary Marion Costa-Ayres was charged on April 29 with injuring or tampering with a motor vehicle.

• Tryggve Lewis Bornick was charged on April 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

• John Joseph Itule Jr. was charged on April 29 with driving under the influence of alcohol and basic speed.

• Jimmy Santamarina was charged on April 29 with assault upon an officer.

• William Paul VanHuss was charged on April 29 with domestic battery.

• Ricky Benjamin Richardson Jr. was charged on April 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Nicole Danielle Woodard was charged on April 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Jayr Smith was charged on April 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Dennis Lynn Babcock was charged on April 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol and having open container of alcoholic beverage within passenger area of motor vehicle while on highway; drinking alcoholic beverage while driving motor vehicle.

• Sheri Lynn Bybee was charged on April 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance.

• Gerald Howard Collins was charged on April 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a valid license.

• Larry R. Dial was charged on April 30 with violation of temporary or extended domestic violence protective order.

• Matrix Lee Walker was charged on May 2 with using tech to lure a child.

• Rebecca Sheree Suttles was charged on May 2 with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or controlled substance and/or with prohibited substance in blood; basic speed; possession of less than an ounce of Marijuana, first offense; operating motor vehicle without registration or plate; security for payment of tort liabilities required; possession of drug paraphernalia, and unlawful use of a controlled substance.

• Dillon Jesse Pillman-Braden was charged on May 5 with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, no driver’s license in possession, safety belts and shoulder harness assembly and security for payment of tort liabilities required.

• Jeslyn Marie Taliaferro was charged on May 5 with driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Marry Dorrene Nelson was charged on May 5 with possession of a controlled substance.

• Jonah David Grubbs was charged on May 6 with theft.

• Jonathon Ross Moncada was charged on May 8 with convicted person failure to change address.

• Lonyelle Dominique Walker was charged on May 8 with violation of temporary or extended domestic violence protective order.

• Cheryl Aileen Ellis was charged on May 8 with domestic battery.

• Larry R. Dial was charged on May 8 with violation of extended domestic violence protective order, and stalking.

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