Green County

Felonies

●  Austin Daniel Colliers, 23, Monroe, pleaded no contest Jan. 24 to a Class I felony charge of possessing THC with intent to deliver, as a repeat offender and a party to a crime, with related charges dismissed. He was sentenced to three years on probation with a conditional seven months in jail if probation is revoked. He owes $518 in court assessments. The case stems from a traffic stop May 1 in the W5600 block of Melvin Road, Town of Clarno. Court records indicate a drug agent was conducting surveillance of a nearby residence as part of an ongoing investigation into the dealing of “a large amount of marijuana” and observed Colliers drive away from the residence. A deputy followed the vehicle and stopped it. The deputy reported finding containers of marijuana oil and a backpack containing “numerous bags of marijuana” in the vehicle. A passenger, 22-year-old Ryan T. L. Field of Monroe, said all the drugs were his, but text messages reportedly prove Colliers was involved in the delivery of the marijuana. Field was sentenced to prison in July on related convictions.

●  Demetrius M. Jones, 34, Monroe, had his probation revoked on felony convictions of substantial battery and strangulation and suffocation. He was sentenced Jan. 24 to three years in prison and two years on extended supervision. Court records indicate he began probation Aug. 1 and on Sept. 12 created a case plan “to address Anti-Social Personality and Substance Abuse.” His probation was revoked after his arrest Oct. 24 at a hotel in Brookfield. Police reports indicate he had been drinking, had slurred speech and “glassy, bloodshot eyes” and started yelling and threatening people, including threats to kill his wife, children and mother-in-law, vulgar threats on the lives of law enforcement and their family members and threats of harm to the judge signing the search warrant for his blood draw. He also reportedly drove his wife’s company van around the hotel parking lot, running over a curb, and told the manager of the hotel, “I’ll show you the Milwaukee side of me.” He also threatened those around him that he would “blow all your brains out.” Waukesha police were called in as backup to assist Brookfield police. Jones later denied everything and said he’d had “two drinks.” He faces numerous charges related to the incident, including fifth-offense OWI. His probation agent noted “Mr. Jones threatened the lives of many people that night” and physically resisted police.

●  Justin Daniel Nyman, 28, Monroe, had his probation revoked on a felony conviction of possessing THC as a second or greater offense and a misdemeanor conviction of resisting or obstructing an officer. He was sentenced Jan. 28 to one year in jail. He also pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine as a repeat offender and was sentenced to another three years on probation with an imposed but stayed two years in prison and two years on extended supervision. The revocation warrant details numerous violations of probation over the past year and continued use of drugs including meth, alcohol and cocaine. He was terminated from the Green County Drug Court Program in December after his cocaine use required emergency medical attention. He completed inpatient treatment twice at a treatment facility in Madison but “has continued non-compliance while in the community,” the agent noted, adding, “Mr. Nyman has been afforded multiple opportunities and assistance while in the community but continues to violate. … Despite interventions by the Green County Drug Court Team and (Department of Corrections), Mr. Nyman has continued to engage in behavior that violates his rules and the drug court program agreement. ... Mr. Nyman does not seem to recognize the seriousness of his behavior.”

Misdemeanors

●  Angel Marie Koppes, 54, Albany, pleaded no contest Jan. 24 to misdemeanor bail jumping, with other counts of bail jumping and one count of disorderly conduct dismissed. She was sentenced to 21 days in jail. Court records indicate deputies were called to her rural Albany address three times, on Oct. 24, Nov. 29 and Jan. 4. In each instance, Koppes was “extremely intoxicated,” blowing blood-alcohol contents of 0.308% and 0.262% in breathalyzer tests, and had made threats against her father. During one call, the deputy noted Koppes “admitted to drinking at least one liter of whiskey per day.” Her father told deputies his daughter has had problems with her sobriety since she was 14 years old.

●  Roger Earl Pickett, 59, New Glarus, pleaded no contest Jan. 27 to misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree sexual assault and criminal trespass to a dwelling and was sentenced to 18 months on probation, with conditions including no contact with the victim or her daughter. His court assessments total $886. The case stems from an encounter he had Oct. 18 with another tenant in his apartment building in New Glarus. The criminal complaint indicates she reported Pickett knocked on her door holding a bags of groceries and asked if she and her daughter could use some groceries. She told police she knew him in passing as a neighbor but he had never come to her door in the past. She declined the groceries and said she and her daughter needed to go to bed. Instead of taking the hint to leave, she told police, Pickett stepped past her into the apartment and talked to her about his health, in spite of her repeated attempts to politely get him to leave. After 15 to 20 minutes, he inappropriately touched her. She jumped back, pushed him away and told him he needed to leave. He persisted and gave her a “disappointed” look, then eventually left, she said. A police officer noted the victim was “weeping” during her interview “as she was clearly traumatized from the event.” When confronted by police, Pickett said he gets free food from a local food pantry, has too much around and so he tried to give some of it away. Eventually he admitted, “I did touch her a little.”