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• Lisa Elizabeth Johnstone was charged on July 24 with burglary.

• Mildred Charlene Goethe-Cox was charged on July 24 with unlawful use of a controlled substance and resisting public officer.

• Joseph Vance Growden was charged on July 24 with driving under the influence of alcohol; driving while license cancelled, revoked, or suspended; operating a vehicle without proper registration; and movement and signals for turning.

• Joseph L. Castiglione was charged on July 24 with driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Mindy Jane Allen was charged on July 24 with child endangerment, five counts.

• Cristobal Luna was charged on July 24 with fraudulent use of a credit card.

• Jonathan Teo Mika was charged on July 24 with possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy to violate the uniform controlled substance act.

• Salvador Baltazar-Garcia was charged on July 24 with obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to avoid or delay prosecution.

• Christopher Zachary Salcido was charged on July 28 with robbery, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a dangerous drug without prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing a public officer.

• Tryggve Lewis Bornick was charged on July 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts and possession of dangerous weapon.

• Darik Bertil Thunstrom was charged on July 29 with possession of drug paraphernalia, four counts and driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended.

• Justin McIntosh Coday was charged on Aug. 1 with theft and conspiracy to commit theft.

• Kreg Scott Koehler was charged on Aug. 1 with theft and conspiracy to commit theft.

• Clinton Leon Brooks was charged on Aug. 1 with unlawful use of a controlled substance.

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