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Circuit Court: May 17, 2014
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Green County

Felonies

• Brandon K. Satterstrom, 28, Portage, was found guilty due to a no-contest plea Friday, of manufacturing and delivering psilocin mushrooms. He also had three other charges dismissed, one for possessing psilocin with intent to sell, maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of drug paraphernalia. Satterstrom is ordered to serve 440 hours of community service at 150 hours per 12-month period, probation for 36 months, attend alcohol and other drug assessment classes and not drink or do drugs. Court records indicate Satterstrom was renting a house in New Glarus with two other people where they were producing psychedelic mushrooms in the basement. William T. Wilson, 21, and David R. Warner, 26, both of Madison, used the rental house to produce the mushrooms for about seven months. Law enforcement collected more than 2,500 grams of psilocin - 5 1/2 pounds - in June 2012 during a search warrant raid on the house. They also seized 1,000 mason jars, 97 syringes, 67 growing bins, an electric dehydrator and about 700 pounds of mushroom substrate.



Misdemeanors

On Friday:

• Michael W. Van Patter, 31, Peoria, Ill., was found guilty due to a guilty plea of driving while intoxicated, second offense. He also had a charge of driving with a prohibited alcohol concentration dismissed. Van Patter will serve five days in jail, have his driver's license revoked for one year and must install an ignition interlock system after he is relicensed. Court records indicate that in May 2013 Van Patter was stopped on Wisconsin 69 and Washington Road for having no taillights. The responding officer wrote in the report there was a strong odor of intoxicants and a six pack of beer on the floorboard with three empty cans. Van Patter refused a preliminary breath test and failed the field sobriety test. It was later determined he had a PAC of .104 percent. He owes a fine of $1,109.