Green County
Felonies
● Cari Ann Cotter, 40, Brodhead, pleaded no contest May 16 to a misdemeanor charge of battery, downgraded from a felony charge of substantial battery. A charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed. She was sentenced to one year on probation. The case stems from an altercation Sept. 9 at her home on Golf Lane, Town of Decatur, that left a man with a knocked-out tooth and swollen face. Cotter, the alleged assailant, was found to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.198%. Police collected the tooth as evidence after the man said he didn’t want it and would just throw it away. In a victim-impact statement to the court, the man wrote that “what happened that night was just a big mistake. I’m as much to blame as she is for what happened. ... She is a very caring and loving person and deserves a life without probation.”
● Jesse Alan Partridge, 26, Monroe, pleaded no contest May 16 to a Class I felony charge of delivering THC. He entered a two-year deferred prosecution agreement with conditions including quarterly review hearings and paying back $200 in drug-buy money. The charge will be fully dismissed if he complies with the agreement. He also pleaded no contest to an ordinance violation of harassment, downgraded from felony bail jumping, and was fined $292.50. Court records indicate on Sept. 27 at his home in the 700 block of 18th Avenue, Partridge sold about an ounce of cannabis for $200 to a confidential source. On Dec. 8 on his personal Facebook page, Partridge publicly outed and harassed a confidential drug informant for an area drug enforcement agency. The Facebook post attracted a couple dozen comments that disparaged and mocked the informant.
● Luis Alfredo Lobato Romero, 34, Monroe, pleaded guilty May 22 to a Class H felony charge of operating while intoxicated, fourth offense. Related charges including tampering with a court-ordered ignition-interlock device were dismissed. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years on probation. His license is revoked three years. He is ordered to undergo treatment and counseling for alcohol and other drug abuse. He owes $4,172 in court assessments. The case stems from a traffic stop Aug. 3 on Hartwig Road at High School Road, Town of Sylvester. Court documents indicate a deputy came across a vehicle stopped in the middle of Hartwig Road with its lights turned off and “the driver gave me a look of ‘Oh no, it’s a cop.’”
The deputy noted the driver, Lobato Romero, had “droopy eyes” and looked “like he was going to vomit.” When the deputy asked what Lobato Romero was doing at the intersection, “he informed me that he was waiting for everybody to go everywhere.” Lobato-Romero failed field sobriety tests and blew a breathalyzer result of 0.206% blood-alcohol, according to the deputy’s report.
● Allen Michael Carstensen, 27, Green County Jail, pleaded no contest May 23 to a Class I felony charge of failure to pay child support and entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement. He owes $800 to the court. The charge will be fully dismissed if he complies with conditions of his agreement.
Misdemeanors
● Michael Lloyd Heidenreich, 32, Kingsley, Iowa, had his probation revoked on misdemeanor convictions of disorderly conduct and intimidation of a victim and was sentenced Jan. 29 to nine months in jail. He owes $1,386 in court assessments. Revocation documents indicate Heidenreich violated his conditions of probation by having violent contact with the same victim, by hitting her while she was holding a baby, causing a bump to the baby’s head, and kicking and threatening others in the home.
● Vincent M. Ott, 29, jailed in Monroe, had his probation revoked on misdemeanor convictions of theft, retail theft and issuing worthless checks and was sentenced Feb. 4 to nine months in jail. Court records indicate his probation was revoked because Ott failed to maintain contact with his agent, failed to attend court-ordered “Thinking for a Change” classes, used heroin and crack cocaine and possessed drug paraphernalia and crushed-up muscle relaxer pills without a prescription. His agent reported that prior to an arrest in August, Ott was homeless, “believed to be trying to sell heroin to someone who had been sober himself for some time” and had stolen a saw from a friend’s family member to pawn for drug money. Court records indicate Ott owes more than $3,000 in court assessments.
● Kevin Donald Beckwith, 41, Monticello, pleaded no contest Feb. 6 to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 30 days to jail, with time served, and fined. Court records indicate he has paid the $543 fine in full. The case stems from a dispute during a child custody exchange Oct. 10 on South Water Street in Albany during which Beckwith reportedly threatened a woman.
● Cody Lee Faith, 19, Browntown, pleaded no contest Feb. 27 to a misdemeanor charge of possessing an illegally obtained prescription and was sentenced to one year on probation, with conditions including absolute sobriety. He is eligible to have the conviction dismissed under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders. He also entered a one-year deferred prosecution on a misdemeanor charge of possessing THC. The charge will be fully dismissed if he complies with his probation conditions. Related charges including possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed. The case stems from a search warrant executed on Faith’s home in the W7800 block of Wis. 11, Town of Cadiz. Police found a marijuana plant growing on the property and seized a large glass bong, marijuana and alprazolam (Xanax).
● Lashawn T. Hall, 40, Madison, pleaded no contest March 4 to an ordinance violation of retail theft, downgraded from a misdemeanor, and was fined. He owes $411.14 in court assessments. His co-defendant, Jasmine Liesha Usher, 30, Madison, entered an 18-month deferred prosecution agreement on misdemeanor charges of retail theft and bail jumping. She is ordered to pay $194.64 in restitution. The charges will be dismissed if she complies. Hall and Usher shoplifted $347.31 in groceries, including meat, seafood, vegetables, spices, dish soap, cereals and yogurt, from the Pick ‘n’ Save in Monroe on July 29, according to court records.