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Circuit Court: Dec. 6, 2017
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Felonies

• Constance C. Woodall, 35, Freeport, was sentenced Nov. 29 to one year in jail for revoking her probation on a Class I felony conviction of retail theft, stemming from a theft of $382.07 in merchandise from the Monroe Walmart in 2015. She revoked her probation by trying to shoplift perfume and clothing valued at $1,614 from the JC Penny in Freeport. "Ms. Woodall continues to make negative choices instead of positive choices that support her in being a productive member of society," her probation agent noted. The agent recommended that Woodall seek cognitive behavioral programming therapy.

• Austin Dean Flood, 22, Albany, was charged Nov. 30 with six counts of felony bail jumping and misdemeanors including retail theft, two counts of disorderly conduct and two counts of possessing a hazardous substance with the intent to abuse that hazardous substance. The charges stem from several incidents in the Monroe area and at Flood's home in Albany. On Oct. 16, the manager of the Monroe McDonald's called police to report an impaired person in the restaurant, and police responded to find Flood huffing from a can of "Powder Duster." On Nov. 15, in response to a 911 call from Flood's home on Mechanic Street, police arrived to find him "highly intoxicated," naked from the waist down and wearing his underwear around his neck. He had ripped down the shower curtain and damaged other items in the bathroom. While being medically cleared for jail at Monroe Clinic, Flood made "rude sexual comments" to nurses. His blood tested positive for cocaine and marijuana and showed a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.375 percent, more than four and a half times the legal limit for driving. On Nov. 29, police found Flood sitting on the sidewalk in front of the Monroe Radio Shack, slouched over after huffing from a can of "Ultra Duster." Police determined that he shoplifted two cans of Ultra Duster from the Monroe Walmart earlier that day. Flood's preliminary hearing is Dec. 15.



Misdemeanors

• Curtis John Gerber, 34, jailed in Monroe, was sentenced Nov. 28 to six months in jail for revoking his probation on 2016 misdemeanor convictions of disorderly conduct and intimidating a victim to dissuade reporting, stemming from a domestic incident in Browntown in which he called a woman names, broke glass bottles in the house, doused kitchen furniture with gasoline and burned it in an outdoor fire pit, repeatedly stabbed a couch on the porch with a knife, grabbed her phone to keep her from calling 911 and threatened to kill her. He revoked conditions of his probation in recent months by having unapproved contact with the victim, consuming marijuana and failing to complete domestic violence treatment. He submitted a request to his agent that he and the victim be allowed to serve jail time together in Green County: "I feel that jail is a safe place for (her) and I to be monitored and (her) to be kept safe while we work on our relationship. I know that this is (her) desire also. She is my best friend and I am hers. We want to get married. I made a mistake. Please, I love her." The request was denied.

• Haley N. Ferro, 24, Monticello, pleaded no contest Nov. 30 to a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery and was sentenced to one year on probation. Charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property were dismissed but "read in," meaning the judge could consider them in sentencing. Court records indicate that Ferro punched her mother 15 times in the face, breaking her mother's only pair of prescription eyeglasses, on July 13 at a home on South Garfield Street in Monticello. The mother wrote in a statement to the court in August that Ferro "has definite emotional and psychological needs as well as alcohol-abuse counseling needs." As part of her probation, Ferro is ordered to complete anger management and any other recommended treatment or counseling. If she successfully completes her probation, she is eligible to have the charges expunged under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders.

• Shawn William Boss, 18, Monroe, pleaded no contest Nov. 30 to misdemeanor bail jumping and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to two days in jail, with time served, and ordered to pay $727.50 in fines and court fees. Additional charges of bail jumping, threatening injury or harm over computer message and resisting or obstructing an officer were dismissed. The charges stem from two cases. On June 3, police found he had been drinking beer and got into a fistfight with a 19-year-old man at Lincoln Park, 1900 15th Ave., Monroe. On Oct. 30, court records indicate he sent his ex-girlfriend threatening Snapchat messages, including a threat to "beat" her. In a statement to the court, she wrote that "this offense affected me emotionally because Shawn and I get along great and when he said that he was gonna beat me up I cried and cried because I love him and he means a lot to me. ... I'm afraid that when he gets out that he is going to come after me because I'm the reason he went to jail."