Green County

Felonies

●  Kristopher William Genskay, 39, Albany, pleaded guilty Dec. 19 to a felony fourth-offense charge of operating while intoxicated and a misdemeanor third-offense charge of operating while intoxicated. He was sentenced to one year in jail with Huber work release privileges. He is ordered to undergo alcohol or drug treatment as a condition of getting back his driver’s license. A felony fourth-offense charge of operating with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration was dismissed as part of a plea deal. Nine counts of felony bail jumping, two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping and a misdemeanor charge of resisting or obstructing an officer were dismissed but “read in,” meaning the judge could consider them at sentencing. The third-offense OWI charge stems from an arrest in Brodhead on June 7, 2017. The fourth-offense OWI stems from an arrest eight days later on June 15, 2017. In both cases, court records indicate his blood-alcohol level was over twice the legal limit for driving. The second arrest occurred after police responded to a report of an intoxicated male walking around a park in Brodhead and located Genskay at a nearby gas station. According to court records, an officer observed Genskay hit a pole with his 2010 Dodge Ram as he parked at the gas station. The officer noted that Genskay had bloodshot, glassy eyes and smelled of alcohol. Genskay failed field sobriety tests and told the officer he was “stupid” to drive because he only lived a few blocks away.

●  Cody Allen Kirschbaum, 30, Brodhead, pleaded guilty Dec. 21 to a Class I felony charge of delivering illegal articles to an inmate and was sentenced to two years on probation. Court records indicate Kirschbaum smuggled wintergreen-flavored tobacco chew into the Green County Jail in April and gave it to a fellow inmate. An officer noticed a “strong smell of wintergreen” coming from a cell and located 11 packets of chew. The officer suspected Kirschbaum because he had Huber work-release privileges, a history of bringing loose tobacco, rolling papers, matches and a strike strip into the jail and had been overheard talking about contraband in phone calls. The recipient of the chew told officers Kirschbaum “owed him soup” and had given him the chew as payment.