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• Robert Hinckley was charged on May 28 with bomb threat.

• Joseph Brian Diaz was charged on May 30 with possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, first offense; disregard for traffic device; and improper equipment for passenger.

• David Carl Bronswood was charged on May 30 with theft of utility services.

• Ryan David Wilcox was charged on May 30 with injury to property.

• Michael Edward Rippie was charged on May 30 with duty to stop at scene of accident involving damage to property and duty to give information.

• Kevin Mochrie was charged on May 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol, first offense and basic speed.

• Kimberly Ross-Tarver was charged on May 30 with battery.

• Sebastian Sanchez was charged on May 30 with possession of a controlled substance, two counts.

• Pablo Javier Sanchez was charged on May 30 with possession of a controlled substance, two counts.

• Rebecca Zinn Ballard was charged on June 9 with unlawful use of public money and misconduct of public officer.

• Robert Bennett was charged on June 11 with overdriving/torturing/injuring/abandoning animals; failure to provide proper sustenance, seven counts.

• Richard Michael Burnell was charged on June 11 with possession of alcohol by minor.

• Dennis Roy Garcia was charged on June 13 with statutory sexual seduction; incest, three counts; and habitual criminal.

• Michael Anthony Moreno was charged on June 17 with driving under the influence of alcohol and duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other property.

• Rodrigo Guerrero-Punta was charged on June 17 with drunken mopery.

• Alvin Thornton was charged on June 17 with domestic battery (strangulation) and battery with use of a deadly weapon.

• Thomas Lewayne Patton was charged on June 17 with domestic battery (strangulation).

• Anthony Nick Busse was charged on June 17 with child abuse and neglect.

• Patryna Lee McQueen was charged on June 18 with petit larceny.

• Dudley William Valentine was charged on June 18 with grand larceny and fraudulent use of credit card or debit card or identifying description of credit account or debit card.

• Karl Orion Patterson was charged on June 19 with theft.

• Marla Desmoni was charged on June 20 with contributory delinquency.

• Michael Anthony Fantauzzo was charged on June 20 with driving under the influence of alcohol and/or controlled substance; driving without a valid license; operating a motor vehicle without registration or plate; security for payment of tort liabilities required; and possession of a controlled substance.

• Kathryn Louise Rowland was charged on June 20 with use of system providing telephone number to be used in emergency when no actual or perceived emergency exists.

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