Green County
Felonies
MONROE - Donald Gene Bornemeier, 34, Monroe, was found guilty on one count of interfering with child custody, a class I felony, on Sept. 11 in Green County Circuit Court. He pleaded no contest. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with work or school release and 36 months of probation, and ordered to pay $518 in fees and court costs. Other prohibitions included no contact with the victim or her family. He is to obtain a GED, HSED or high school diploma during probation. Bornemeier was facing four other charges in connection with the case, which were dismissed on prosecution's motion.
Bornemeier was charged Dec. 3, 2012, with felony counts of bail jumping and interfering with child custody and misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and obstructing an officer. Court records indicate Bornemeier took a 15-year-old Monroe girl overnight without the consent of her mother in early November 2012 to a motel in Rock County and encouraged the girl to smoke pot and drink alcohol. He also reportedly took the girl a few weeks later for a weekend in Brodhead, and lied to police about it.
• Curtis L. Metz, 33, Monroe, was found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a fourth offense in five years, and a class H felony, and of fleeing or eluding an officer, a class I felony. He pleaded guilty on both counts on Sept. 12 and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with work release and two years of probation. He was also order to pay $2,584 in court costs and had his driver's license revoked for a period of 33 months.
Metz, previously of Orangeville, was jailed early Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, after he reportedly fled south of the stateline when a Green County deputy tried to stop him at 2:45 a.m. on County P. He was apprehended by Stephenson County deputies and jailed in Freeport on warrants. A hold was placed on him for the Green County charges. He was cited in Green County for driving while intoxicated, fleeing law enforcement, driving with a revoked license and operating left of the center line.
• Anthony Scott Young, 17, Janesville, was found guilty of theft of movable property with special facts, a class H felony. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 and was sentenced to 10 days in jail, two years of probation and 50 hours of community service. He was order to complete a high school or equivalent education and then to maintain full-time employment. He was ordered to pay $518 in court costs. Other charges were read in to this case. A "read in" charge is dismissed as part of a plea agreement; however, the defendant agrees to have the court consider the charges when sentencing for another crime and cannot be prosecuted for these charges in the future.
Police arrested Young and Drury J. Niebuhr, both 17 years old and from Janesville, at 2 a.m. Aug. 1 for theft of a firearm in the 1600 block of 9th Street. A responding officer saw the two boys behind a gas station and made contact with them. The officer patted them down and found each had a .45 caliber handgun; one had a revolver, and the other had a semi-automatic pistol. The firearms did not belong to them. They were jailed pending court and additional charges.
Felonies
MONROE - Donald Gene Bornemeier, 34, Monroe, was found guilty on one count of interfering with child custody, a class I felony, on Sept. 11 in Green County Circuit Court. He pleaded no contest. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with work or school release and 36 months of probation, and ordered to pay $518 in fees and court costs. Other prohibitions included no contact with the victim or her family. He is to obtain a GED, HSED or high school diploma during probation. Bornemeier was facing four other charges in connection with the case, which were dismissed on prosecution's motion.
Bornemeier was charged Dec. 3, 2012, with felony counts of bail jumping and interfering with child custody and misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and obstructing an officer. Court records indicate Bornemeier took a 15-year-old Monroe girl overnight without the consent of her mother in early November 2012 to a motel in Rock County and encouraged the girl to smoke pot and drink alcohol. He also reportedly took the girl a few weeks later for a weekend in Brodhead, and lied to police about it.
• Curtis L. Metz, 33, Monroe, was found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a fourth offense in five years, and a class H felony, and of fleeing or eluding an officer, a class I felony. He pleaded guilty on both counts on Sept. 12 and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with work release and two years of probation. He was also order to pay $2,584 in court costs and had his driver's license revoked for a period of 33 months.
Metz, previously of Orangeville, was jailed early Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, after he reportedly fled south of the stateline when a Green County deputy tried to stop him at 2:45 a.m. on County P. He was apprehended by Stephenson County deputies and jailed in Freeport on warrants. A hold was placed on him for the Green County charges. He was cited in Green County for driving while intoxicated, fleeing law enforcement, driving with a revoked license and operating left of the center line.
• Anthony Scott Young, 17, Janesville, was found guilty of theft of movable property with special facts, a class H felony. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 and was sentenced to 10 days in jail, two years of probation and 50 hours of community service. He was order to complete a high school or equivalent education and then to maintain full-time employment. He was ordered to pay $518 in court costs. Other charges were read in to this case. A "read in" charge is dismissed as part of a plea agreement; however, the defendant agrees to have the court consider the charges when sentencing for another crime and cannot be prosecuted for these charges in the future.
Police arrested Young and Drury J. Niebuhr, both 17 years old and from Janesville, at 2 a.m. Aug. 1 for theft of a firearm in the 1600 block of 9th Street. A responding officer saw the two boys behind a gas station and made contact with them. The officer patted them down and found each had a .45 caliber handgun; one had a revolver, and the other had a semi-automatic pistol. The firearms did not belong to them. They were jailed pending court and additional charges.