Green County
Felonies
● Cynthia L. Hughes, 58, Monroe, entered an Alford plea Feb. 4 to a misdemeanor charge of hit-and-run, downgraded from a felony charge of hit-and-run involving great bodily harm. An Alford plea is a guilty plea, however it indicates the defendant does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence. Hughes was sentenced to one year on probation. A personal injury lawsuit filed against her by the victim in the case was settled out of court at mediation and dismissed April 16. The case stems from a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident Sept. 22, 2017 in the Monroe Clinic parking lot in Monroe. The victim told police his foot was stuck under the vehicle for about 10 seconds and in the process of twisting to get free, he fell and sustained an injury to his knee. He said Hughes, the driver, stopped and told him, “Sorry I didn’t see you there but I have to go to work,” then drove off. Hughes told police she “didn’t see anything or feel anything” and he fell “at least two feet away” from the car. She said she stopped immediately when she saw him and that she and a hospital employee were able to help the man into a wheelchair. He suffered a broken bone and needed surgery to have a pin put in his leg. He told police he was hospitalized for five days and in a nursing home for five weeks due to the injury.
● Willie Lydell Mosby, 38, Madison, pleaded no contest Feb. 5 to felony bail jumping and misdemeanor charges of resisting or obstructing an officer and knowingly violating a temporary restraining order. Related charges including disorderly conduct and multiple counts of felony bail jumping were dismissed. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail. He owes $1,504 in court assessments. Court records indicate Mosby yelled and swore at a woman and physically fought with law enforcement at a residence on Sugar Avenue in Belleville Jan. 6, 2016, then repeatedly violated a court order by having phone contact with her.
● Danielle Jean Donohue, 27, Merrimac, had her deferred prosecution agreement revoked on a felony charge of possessing methamphetamine and her probation revoked on misdemeanor convictions of possessing drug paraphernalia and resisting or obstructing an officer. She was sentenced Feb. 6 to one year in jail, which she can serve in Dane, Sauk or Green County. The case was revoked due to her failure to pay $886 in court fines and fees.
● Matthew David Schupbach, 35, Beloit, pleaded no contest Feb. 18 to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and had his probation revoked on felony convictions of burglary and retail theft. His probation was also revoked for convictions of battery and retail theft out of Rock County and Racine County. He was sentenced to two years in prison and four years on extended supervision, with time served. He is under court orders to seek counseling, maintain full-time work or schooling, drink no alcohol and “not associate with any drug dealers or users.” He was also ordered to pay over $15,000, most of which is restitution owed for damages from a 2015 burglary of Sir Buk’s (now Buk’s Sports Bar) in rural Monroe. Court documents indicate his probation was revoked following an assault on a woman in rural Brodhead in July. The woman claimed she tripped and fell, but witnesses reported they saw Schupbach punch her so many times and with such force that her face was “swollen beyond recognition,” she was bleeding from her eyes and she was “knocked out” several times. Officers who responded to the scene reported the woman was “bruised throughout her body.”
● Danielle J. Zimmerman, 37, Monroe, pleaded no contest Feb. 28 to a Class G felony charge of intimidation of a victim and misdemeanor charges of battery and disorderly conduct. She entered a two-year deferred prosecution agreement on the felony, which will be dismissed if she complies with the agreement. It stipulates complete abstinence from alcohol and attendance of quarterly monitoring hearings. She was also sentenced to two years on probation with conditions that she undergo all treatment and counseling deemed appropriate by her agent. The case stems from a physical confrontation with her estranged husband on the street in the 500 block of 18th Avenue on Nov. 2.
● Jeffrey Wayne Walters, 60, Evansville, pleaded no contest March 1 and entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement on eight Class I felony counts of failure to pay child support. A charge of felony bail jumping, for a missed court appearance in October, was dismissed. The convictions will be dismissed if he complies with the agreement, which stipulates that he attend quarterly monitoring hearings, submit his federal income tax returns and pay a monthly sum of $289.50 to the Wisconsin Support Collections Trust Fund.