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District Attorney’s report, Feb. 26

• Eddgar Romero was charged on Jan. 29 with failure of convicted sex offender to register with local law enforcement agency, a felony.

• Rudy Eugene Ruiz was charged on Feb. 5 with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor thereby causing the death of another, a felony.

• Teena Hardesty was charged on Feb. 11 with burglary, three counts; perjury, three counts; fraudulent acts concerning public assistance; unlawful acts concerning food stamps; and theft, all felonies.

• Christian David Meyer was charged on Feb. 16 with failing to appear, a felony.

• Thomas Joseph Kelley was charged on Feb. 16 with violation of a temporary or extended order, a felony.

• Dudley Valentine was charged on Jan. 21 with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a controlled substance, both felonies.

• Brandi Lee Osterhout was charged on Jan. 21 with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a controlled substance, both felonies.

• Justin Anthony Kurpiel was charged on Feb. 17 with child abuse and neglect, a felony.

• Ilene Shild was charged on Feb. 17 with burglary, a felony; theft and obtaining money under false pretenses, both misdemeanors.

• Robert Rupp was charged on Feb. 11 with attempted grand larceny of motor vehicle and habitual criminal, both felonies.

• Alexander Michael Cook was charged on Feb. 17 with burglary, three counts; attempted burglary; unlawful use of a controlled substance and theft, all felonies; possession of instrument with burglarious intent, a gross misdemeanor; petit larceny, three counts; and injury to other property, three counts, both misdemeanors.

• Felix Ordaz Resendez was charged on Feb. 19 with battery by a prisoner, a felony; battery upon a peace officer, a gross misdemeanor; unlawful trespass upon land and resisting public officer, both misdemeanors.

• Michael Scott Berroyer was charged on Feb. 12 with petit larceny and resisting public officer, both misdemeanors.

• Casey William Lomax was charged on Feb. 16 with domestic battery, second offense, a misdemeanor.

• William Paul Farthing was charged on Feb. 16 with obstructing a public officer, a misdemeanor.

• Jonathan Lloyd Clifford was charged on Feb. 18 with false imprisonment and domestic battery, both misdemeanors.

• Nancy Lord was charged on Feb. 17 with running at large, a misdemeanor.

• Lawrence Robert Moore was charged on Feb. 17 with running at large, a misdemeanor.

• Marcella Alicia Vito was charged on Feb. 19 with possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, first offense, both misdemeanors.

• Jerry Lynn Duffel was charged on Feb. 19 with unlawful trespass upon land, a misdemeanor.

• Melissa Burson was charged on Feb. 27 with battery, a misdemeanor.

• Patricia Carter was charged on Feb. 19 with harassment, a misdemeanor.

• Katie Jo Nguyen-Curby was charged on Feb. 17 with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, first offense, a misdemeanor.

• James Michael Robert Ross was charged on Feb. 19 with injuring or tampering with a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor.

• Anthony Lamonte Spates Jr., was charged on Feb. 17 with petit larceny, a misdemeanor.

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