Green County

Felonies

●  Austin Skyler Kempfer, 21, Monticello, was sentenced Oct. 28 to three years on probation after pleading no contest to a felony charge of fleeing or eluding an officer and a misdemeanor charge of failing to stop for police. Numerous traffic offenses, including first-offense operating while intoxicated, were dismissed, as were two counts of felony bail jumping. He is ordered to undergo counseling and is eligible to have the felony dismissed under a state law that grants leniency to young people. Court records indicate on the night of March 7, after an attempted traffic stop for operating left of center in the Town of Exeter, Kempfer led deputies on an eight-mile pursuit with his lights turned off. Kempfer then drove onto private property on Peerless Road near New Glarus and down a field access drive, where the vehicle occupants got out and fled on foot.

●  Tanya Marie Wurtzbacher, 35, Evansville, was sentenced Nov. 5 to three years on probation for misdemeanor convictions of disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. She also entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement on a felony charge of possessing methamphetamine. The felony will be fully dismissed if she complies with the agreement. Related charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement but “read in.” She is ordered to undergo counseling for domestic violence, anger management and mental health. The charges stem from multiple incidents in Albany during a roughly two-week period this spring when Wurtzbacher and her then-boyfriend were using meth and arguing frequently. Wurtzbacher told the court her health “faded” after the COVID-19 pandemic hit Wisconsin. She said she’s being treated for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, Crohn’s disease, insomnia, ulcers and other ailments, but has been clean since June 5 and is already in alcohol or other drug (AODA) counseling. “I’m trying really hard to get my life (back on track). This was a little hiccup in my life and it will never happen again,” she said. Her attorney and the prosecutor supported probation, citing her lack of prior criminal record and need for rehabilitation.

Misdemeanors

●  Joey Parker Diaz-Barnett, 23, Albany, pleaded no contest Aug. 6 to misdemeanor charges of possessing an illegally obtained prescription, possessing THC, driving with a revoked license and domestic abuse-related battery, stemming from incidents in 2019 and 2020. Numerous related charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to 18 months on probation with an imposed and stayed jail sentence of 120 days and ordered to complete domestic violence counseling and drug treatment. His court assessments total over $1,000.

●  Michael Allen Rothenbuehler, 28, Argyle, pleaded no contest Aug. 11 to misdemeanor charges of theft and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to 18 months on probation. Bail jumping charges were dismissed but read in. His court assessments total $986. The case stems from an incident in Monroe on March 29. Police reports indicate officers were dispatched to Walmart for a report that Rothenbuehler came into the store to confront his ex-girlfriend, an employee. He had left by the time police arrived but was located and arrested at a Monroe residence in the 2400 block of 10th Avenue.

●  Bradley A. Armitage, 36, Monroe, pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to a misdemeanor charge of battery, with charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property dismissed but read in. He was sentenced to one year on probation and ordered to pay $543 in court assessments. The case stems from a domestic abuse disturbance April 22 in the 300 block of 5th Street.

●  Marques David Hicks, 36, Monroe, entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement Sept. 1 on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct, stemming from a domestic disturbance March 7 at his home in the 700 block of 20th Street. Court records indicate his wife called 911 after they got into an argument that turned physical. She said he grabbed and shook her, causing them both to fall to the ground, and that one of their children witnessed it. The charge will be fully dismissed if he complies with the agreement. His cash bond was refunded to the person who posted it.

●  Daniel G. Roth, 44, Brodhead, was sentenced Sept. 9 to two years on probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of resisting or obstructing an officer. A nine-month jail sentence was imposed and stayed. A felony charge of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon was removed from the case. His court assessments total $886. The case is the result of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources investigation into whether Roth’s gun use was illegal due to a felony conviction. The criminal complaint indicates Roth recently registered deer harvests using gun tags for hunting. When he was 22, Roth was convicted in Dane County of felony second-degree recklessly endangering safety, which he described to police as stemming from a “road rage” incident. Court records show he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation with conditional jail time and 100 hours of community service for the conviction in 1999, but he told police he thought the case was ultimately dismissed as part of a deferred prosecution.

●  Adam J. Miller, 32, Monroe, had his deferred prosecution agreement revoked Sept. 9 on a domestic abuse-related charge of disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to one year on probation, with conditions that he seek domestic violence, mental health and alcohol or other drug abuse (AODA) counseling. The case stems from a May 30, 2019 domestic disturbance at his home in the 800 block of 6th Street.

●  Justin G. Williams, 31, Brodhead, was sentenced Sept. 10 to 15 months on probation, with an imposed and stayed four months in jail, after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property stemming from a domestic abuse incident Feb. 2. Conditions of his probation include counseling. His court assessments total $1,086.

●  Benjamin Phillip Affrunti, 43, Monticello, was sentenced Sept. 11 to three years on probation with a conditional 30 days in jail after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery and disorderly conduct. He is ordered to complete domestic violence counseling. His court assessments total $1,629. His sentence is to run concurrent to his probation in Stephenson County, Illinois for a felony conviction for criminal damage to property. The Green County case stems from a domestic abuse incident Oct. 26, 2019 at his Town of Washington home. Court records indicate he struck a woman across the face, head-butted her, pulled her hair, shoved her into furniture and grabbed her around the neck, causing her a swollen upper lip and bloody nose, then yelled at her father and pushed him into a table, causing the father to hyperventilate.