LAFAYETTE COUNTY
FELONIES
• Young Donvan Arnold, 45, Shullsburg, was granted an 18-month deferred prosecution on Oct. 28 for a Class I Felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. The charge stems from a March 24 incident when police were summoned to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the Town of Shullsburg. When police investigated the scene, they found a baggie of white powder that was later discovered to be methamphetamine. Arnold had been fighting with his girlfriend, Laura Lyn Gundlach, 47, Shullsburg, over his use of his mobile phone. Although their altercation never became physical, Gundlach's son called the police. Gundlach was also arrested on a warrant.
MISDEMEANORS
Tyler D. Bevins, 21, Monroe was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $486 Nov. 5 after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of marijuana and obstructing an officer. The charger stems from an incident on June 19 when a police officer stopped a suspicious vehicle carrying Bevins and four others. The officer smelled marijuana smoke and Bevins admitted to carrying a pipe and marijuana. However, when other drugs were found, Bevins refused to cooperate with the officer when he asked who owned the drugs. The drugs - a bag of white powder and another bag of MDMA - were eventually found to belong to an underage passenger.
• Michael Edmund Walker, 22, Gratiot, was granted a one-year deferred prosecution on Nov. 2 for a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery. The charge stems from an incident on May 20 when Walker, who had been drinking with two friends, challenged one of his friends to a fight at a residence on Penny Benton Road, Town of New Diggings. The friend, noted in a police report to be approximately 100 pounds lighter and several inches shorter than Walker, refused. Walker struck him anyway and said he would kill him. The friend attempted to lock Walker in a garage, but Walker broke through the door and punched his friend in the face. According to the police report, the friend's eye was "completely swollen shut and about the size of a ping pong ball" when police interfered. The friend said Walker is known to become hyper and aggressive when intoxicated. One of the conditions of Walker's deferred prosecution prohibits his consumption of alcohol or other intoxicants.
• Justin Wendall Young, 29, Argyle, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $443 on Oct. 28 after revoking his probation on misdemeanor convictions from 2014 of obstructing an officer, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to court records, Young had called the police on July 31, 2015, reporting people following him who "wanted to kill him." Police, suspecting Young was under the influence of narcotics, investigated and found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his residence. Also, Young had failed to enroll in an Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse treatment program, which violated the terms of his probation.
FELONIES
• Young Donvan Arnold, 45, Shullsburg, was granted an 18-month deferred prosecution on Oct. 28 for a Class I Felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. The charge stems from a March 24 incident when police were summoned to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the Town of Shullsburg. When police investigated the scene, they found a baggie of white powder that was later discovered to be methamphetamine. Arnold had been fighting with his girlfriend, Laura Lyn Gundlach, 47, Shullsburg, over his use of his mobile phone. Although their altercation never became physical, Gundlach's son called the police. Gundlach was also arrested on a warrant.
MISDEMEANORS
Tyler D. Bevins, 21, Monroe was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $486 Nov. 5 after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of marijuana and obstructing an officer. The charger stems from an incident on June 19 when a police officer stopped a suspicious vehicle carrying Bevins and four others. The officer smelled marijuana smoke and Bevins admitted to carrying a pipe and marijuana. However, when other drugs were found, Bevins refused to cooperate with the officer when he asked who owned the drugs. The drugs - a bag of white powder and another bag of MDMA - were eventually found to belong to an underage passenger.
• Michael Edmund Walker, 22, Gratiot, was granted a one-year deferred prosecution on Nov. 2 for a Class A misdemeanor charge of battery. The charge stems from an incident on May 20 when Walker, who had been drinking with two friends, challenged one of his friends to a fight at a residence on Penny Benton Road, Town of New Diggings. The friend, noted in a police report to be approximately 100 pounds lighter and several inches shorter than Walker, refused. Walker struck him anyway and said he would kill him. The friend attempted to lock Walker in a garage, but Walker broke through the door and punched his friend in the face. According to the police report, the friend's eye was "completely swollen shut and about the size of a ping pong ball" when police interfered. The friend said Walker is known to become hyper and aggressive when intoxicated. One of the conditions of Walker's deferred prosecution prohibits his consumption of alcohol or other intoxicants.
• Justin Wendall Young, 29, Argyle, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $443 on Oct. 28 after revoking his probation on misdemeanor convictions from 2014 of obstructing an officer, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to court records, Young had called the police on July 31, 2015, reporting people following him who "wanted to kill him." Police, suspecting Young was under the influence of narcotics, investigated and found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his residence. Also, Young had failed to enroll in an Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse treatment program, which violated the terms of his probation.