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Circuit Court: June 27, 2014
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Green County

Felonies

On Thursday:

• Steven A. Steiner, 21, Browntown, had one count of felony bail jumping and one count of adjudged delinquent possession of a firearm dismissed on a prosecutor's motion. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Nov. 11. He owes no fine because the charges were dismissed.

• James L. Cowell, 27, Monroe, was found guilty due to a no contest plea of criminal damage to property, possession of cocaine and felony bail jumping as a part of a deferred prosecution agreement. He will serve 30 days in jail with work release privileges, two years of probation and must undergo alcohol and other drug assessment classes. Cowell's charges could be expunged if he complies with all the conditions of his deferred prosecution agreement. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Feb. 28. Court records indicate he was driving on 13th Street with five passengers when the responding officer stopped him due to his taillights being out. The responding officer smelled the odor of intoxicants and had Cowell perform a field sobriety test. K-9 unit Cody alerted to drugs in the vehicle but none were found. While being processed at the jail, a baggy with 4.6 grams of cocaine fell out of his sock. It was later found that Cowell had pulled on the wires in the back of a squad car damaging the video surveillance equipment. He owes the court $352.



Misdemeanors

On Thursday:

• Steven A. Steiner, 21, Browntown, had one count of resisting an officer and one count of misdemeanor bail jumping dismissed on a prosecutor's motion. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Aug. 6. He owes no fine because the charges were dismissed.

• James L. Cowell, 27, Monroe, was found guilty due to a no contest plea of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer; he also had charges of criminal damage to property, intentionally pointing a firearm at a person, two counts of second-degree reckless endangerment, forgery and a second count of resisting an officer dismissed. He will serve 30 days in jail with work release privileges, two years of probation and is ordered to undergo AODA classes. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Oct. 26. Court records indicate Cowell locked himself in his home and was threatening his wife and two other women with a pistol. The women were able to leave the house, but he refused to leave the home during a two-hour standoff with police. He later surrendered without incident. He owes a fine of $352.



Lafayette County

Felonies

• Jessica L. Eichorst, 24, Cobb, had one count of credit card theft and two counts of fraudulent credit card use deferred for 18 months as a part of a deferred prosecution agreement on Wednesday. Eichorst will be on probation for those 18 months with the opportunity to have her charges dismissed if she complies with all the conditions of her deferred prosecution agreement. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on March 14, 2012. Court records indicate she stole a credit card from Darlington's Sienna Crest Assisted Living while she was employed there and used the card to make purchases at Piggly Wiggly on six occasions in the fall of 2012.



Misdemeanors

On Wednesday:

• Kent W. Hubbard, 26, Sturgeon Bay, was found guilty due to a no contest plea to two counts of knowingly violating a domestic abuse order. Hubbard had nine other counts for the same charge dismissed. He will serve 30 days in jail with work release privileges and have no abusive or violent contact with the victim in this case. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Sept. 27, 2012. Court records indicate he called, texted and had flowers delivered to a 24-year-old man. Hubbard owes a fine of $343.

• Daniel Lee Berg, was found guilty due to a no contest plea of driving with a prohibited alcohol concentration, fourth offense; Berg also had a charge of driving while intoxicated dismissed. He will serve 43 days in jail with work release privileges, will be on probation for two years, is ordered not to drink, do drugs, enter bars or liquor stores, undergo AODA classes, have his driver's license revoked for 27 months and install an ignition interlock device for a period of 27 months after being relicensed. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on July 13. He owes a fine of $1,755.