Green County
Felonies
♦ Mark A. Flood, 52, Albany, pleaded no contest Jan. 10 to misdemeanor charges of exposing a child to harmful material, bail jumping, disorderly conduct and four counts of knowingly violating a domestic-abuse order. He was sentenced to two years on probation with conditions that he complete all treatment and counseling deemed appropriate by his probation agent. A felony charge of stalking and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, resisting or obstructing an officer, intimidating a victim to dissuade reporting and two counts of knowingly violating a domestic-abuse order were dismissed as part of a plea deal. The multiple cases against Flood stem from incidents in 2016 and 2017 in Albany, according to court records. On Dec. 20, 2016, he confronted a woman over child custody issues involving their three sons, yelling and swearing at her and pushing her forcefully. He was intoxicated at the time. On March 6, 2017, he sent her harassing text messages in violation of a court order. In June, he was reported for trespassing in her neighbors' yards, then fled from police. That same month, he showed his three pre-teen and teenaged sons "a video about marriage values that was Christian-based," then proceeded to show them nude photographs of their mother, as well as porn websites. The boys told police it upset them and made them uncomfortable. One left the room; another started crying.
♦ Brandy Leeann Hernandez, 37, jailed in Monroe, was sentenced to 150 days in jail Jan. 10 after having her probation revoked on misdemeanor convictions of battery, disorderly conduct and intimidating a victim to dissuade reporting. The convictions stem from an incident Sept. 6, 2016 at a home in Brodhead. Court records indicate she and her adult son went out drinking together, then came home and jointly assaulted her husband while he was sleeping in bed, leaving him with injuries that required medical attention at an ER. In a victim-impact statement, he wrote that his injuries caused him to miss weeks of work and lost income. Her probation agent reported that Hernandez broke her conditions of probation by driving without a license and failing to show up for alcohol/drug counseling and other appointments. "Mrs. Hernandez made it clear during her term of probation that she did not wish to follow the rules of probations," the agent wrote the court. Hernandez owes the court $1,629.
♦ Cody Allen Rackow, 22, Monroe, pleaded no contest Jan. 11 to a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery, downgraded from a felony charge of child abuse, and entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with conditions that he attend anger management/domestic violence classes and quarterly monitoring conferences. The conviction will be dismissed if he complies with the agreement. The case stems from an argument between brothers Aug. 20 in the 2500 block of 10th Street in Monroe. Court records indicate Rackow pushed his 14-year-old brother to the floor and punched him three times. The boy woke up "lying on the floor in a pool of blood."
♦ Chad A. Fortney Sr., 43, Sun Prairie, entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement Jan. 31 on a Class I felony charge of failing to pay child support for three children in 2011 and 2012. As of March 2012, his child support arrearages were up to $16,159.50, court records indicate. Conditions of his deferred prosecution agreement include filing federal taxes every year and providing evidence of such to the court, paying $400 a month to the Wisconsin Support Collections Trust Fund and holding down a job. The case will be dismissed if he complies. In a victim-impact statement to the court in 2014, the children's mother wrote that "Mr. Fortney needs to act as a productive adult and support his children. His inability to do so has caused great financial burden on my family. This has been going on for almost 10 years and during this time he has been very predictable," she wrote, adding that Fortney would work three to six months at a time and then end up back in jail. "There should be some way to monitor him to be sure he is working and when he stops he should expect a no-more-nonsense approach. He needs to stay in contact or 'check in' and be sure he is working and taking care of his responsibilities."
♦ Sarah Christine Teubert, 40, Brodhead, was sentenced Feb. 6 to three years on probation after her deferred prosecution agreement was revoked on a 2015 felony charge of possessing methamphetamine and forfeiture charge of possessing marijuana. She also pleaded no contest to forfeiture charges from 2017 of purchasing large quantities of pseudoephedrine and was fined $790.50. Multiple meth-related felonies were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Conditions of Teubert's probation include spending six months in jail and paying all court fines and fees. The cases stem from Teubert's involvement in drugs at two houses, first at her then-home in the 900 block of East 3rd Avenue in Brodhead in 2015, and then in 2017 at a rural Juda house where her 22-year-old son is convicted of cooking meth with others. In the first case, court records indicate, Teubert and a man were getting illicit drugs sent to them from California in the U.S. mail. Police also located pipes and "numerous items" in the home for processing, weighing, storing, injecting and inhaling drugs. In the more recent case, she was reportedly buying meth-making ingredients at area pharmacies in exchange for the drug, a practice known as "smurfing."
♦ Jared Wayne Monte-Hayden, 21, Palisade, Colorado, was sentenced Feb. 8 to two years on probation after his deferred prosecution agreement was revoked in a 2015 case. He is now convicted of a felony for intimidating a victim with force and of misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property. Court records indicate on Dec. 19, 2015, he came in the backdoor of his ex-girlfriend's workplace in Brodhead to confront her over their breakup, yelled at her, grabbed her, pulled her around and refused to leave, then smashed her cellphone on the floor. When a coworker called police, he threw that phone to the ground, too, demolishing it. Police found him walking nearby, clearly intoxicated. He was argumentative with police at first, then started crying and said he was sorry for what he did. Court records indicate that he broke his deferred prosecution agreement by failing to show up to quarterly monitoring conferences and anger management classes and failing to pay restitution and court fees.
Felonies
♦ Mark A. Flood, 52, Albany, pleaded no contest Jan. 10 to misdemeanor charges of exposing a child to harmful material, bail jumping, disorderly conduct and four counts of knowingly violating a domestic-abuse order. He was sentenced to two years on probation with conditions that he complete all treatment and counseling deemed appropriate by his probation agent. A felony charge of stalking and misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct, resisting or obstructing an officer, intimidating a victim to dissuade reporting and two counts of knowingly violating a domestic-abuse order were dismissed as part of a plea deal. The multiple cases against Flood stem from incidents in 2016 and 2017 in Albany, according to court records. On Dec. 20, 2016, he confronted a woman over child custody issues involving their three sons, yelling and swearing at her and pushing her forcefully. He was intoxicated at the time. On March 6, 2017, he sent her harassing text messages in violation of a court order. In June, he was reported for trespassing in her neighbors' yards, then fled from police. That same month, he showed his three pre-teen and teenaged sons "a video about marriage values that was Christian-based," then proceeded to show them nude photographs of their mother, as well as porn websites. The boys told police it upset them and made them uncomfortable. One left the room; another started crying.
♦ Brandy Leeann Hernandez, 37, jailed in Monroe, was sentenced to 150 days in jail Jan. 10 after having her probation revoked on misdemeanor convictions of battery, disorderly conduct and intimidating a victim to dissuade reporting. The convictions stem from an incident Sept. 6, 2016 at a home in Brodhead. Court records indicate she and her adult son went out drinking together, then came home and jointly assaulted her husband while he was sleeping in bed, leaving him with injuries that required medical attention at an ER. In a victim-impact statement, he wrote that his injuries caused him to miss weeks of work and lost income. Her probation agent reported that Hernandez broke her conditions of probation by driving without a license and failing to show up for alcohol/drug counseling and other appointments. "Mrs. Hernandez made it clear during her term of probation that she did not wish to follow the rules of probations," the agent wrote the court. Hernandez owes the court $1,629.
♦ Cody Allen Rackow, 22, Monroe, pleaded no contest Jan. 11 to a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery, downgraded from a felony charge of child abuse, and entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with conditions that he attend anger management/domestic violence classes and quarterly monitoring conferences. The conviction will be dismissed if he complies with the agreement. The case stems from an argument between brothers Aug. 20 in the 2500 block of 10th Street in Monroe. Court records indicate Rackow pushed his 14-year-old brother to the floor and punched him three times. The boy woke up "lying on the floor in a pool of blood."
♦ Chad A. Fortney Sr., 43, Sun Prairie, entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement Jan. 31 on a Class I felony charge of failing to pay child support for three children in 2011 and 2012. As of March 2012, his child support arrearages were up to $16,159.50, court records indicate. Conditions of his deferred prosecution agreement include filing federal taxes every year and providing evidence of such to the court, paying $400 a month to the Wisconsin Support Collections Trust Fund and holding down a job. The case will be dismissed if he complies. In a victim-impact statement to the court in 2014, the children's mother wrote that "Mr. Fortney needs to act as a productive adult and support his children. His inability to do so has caused great financial burden on my family. This has been going on for almost 10 years and during this time he has been very predictable," she wrote, adding that Fortney would work three to six months at a time and then end up back in jail. "There should be some way to monitor him to be sure he is working and when he stops he should expect a no-more-nonsense approach. He needs to stay in contact or 'check in' and be sure he is working and taking care of his responsibilities."
♦ Sarah Christine Teubert, 40, Brodhead, was sentenced Feb. 6 to three years on probation after her deferred prosecution agreement was revoked on a 2015 felony charge of possessing methamphetamine and forfeiture charge of possessing marijuana. She also pleaded no contest to forfeiture charges from 2017 of purchasing large quantities of pseudoephedrine and was fined $790.50. Multiple meth-related felonies were dismissed as part of a plea deal. Conditions of Teubert's probation include spending six months in jail and paying all court fines and fees. The cases stem from Teubert's involvement in drugs at two houses, first at her then-home in the 900 block of East 3rd Avenue in Brodhead in 2015, and then in 2017 at a rural Juda house where her 22-year-old son is convicted of cooking meth with others. In the first case, court records indicate, Teubert and a man were getting illicit drugs sent to them from California in the U.S. mail. Police also located pipes and "numerous items" in the home for processing, weighing, storing, injecting and inhaling drugs. In the more recent case, she was reportedly buying meth-making ingredients at area pharmacies in exchange for the drug, a practice known as "smurfing."
♦ Jared Wayne Monte-Hayden, 21, Palisade, Colorado, was sentenced Feb. 8 to two years on probation after his deferred prosecution agreement was revoked in a 2015 case. He is now convicted of a felony for intimidating a victim with force and of misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property. Court records indicate on Dec. 19, 2015, he came in the backdoor of his ex-girlfriend's workplace in Brodhead to confront her over their breakup, yelled at her, grabbed her, pulled her around and refused to leave, then smashed her cellphone on the floor. When a coworker called police, he threw that phone to the ground, too, demolishing it. Police found him walking nearby, clearly intoxicated. He was argumentative with police at first, then started crying and said he was sorry for what he did. Court records indicate that he broke his deferred prosecution agreement by failing to show up to quarterly monitoring conferences and anger management classes and failing to pay restitution and court fees.