MONROE - Two men were sentenced Friday for stealing more than $15,000 worth of equipment from a quarry on County J in Monroe and other crimes.
Bryce S. Whiting, 19, Monticello, was granted a two-year deferred prosecution agreement after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony and misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property. If he follows all conditions of the agreement, the felony charge will be dismissed after two years and he may petition to have the misdemeanors expunged. He must undergo treatment or counseling his probation agents deem appropriate and pay court costs. Police records indicate he owes the court $352.
Whiting also had charges of felony battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct dismissed in a separate case Friday.
Nicholas A. Elmer, 20, New Glarus, was sentenced to two years of probation after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property and, in a separate case, a misdemeanor narcotics charge. If he successfully completes his probation, he may petition to have the misdemeanors expunged. District Attorney Gary Luhman said the felony charge will be held open for two years, concurrent with the probation term, and may be eligible for dismissal afterward. In both cases, Elmer is ordered to undergo drug and alcohol counseling and pay court costs. Police records indicate he owes the court $4,385 in the theft case and $176 in the drug case.
The theft and criminal damage to property charges stemmed from multiple 2014 incidents in which Whiting, Elmer and Austyn Althaus, 19, Monroe, went to the quarry and stole a trailer, metal beams, auto parts and other items.
On May 2, 2014, police received a report of metal objects falling off a 16-foot flatbed trailer driving on Wis. 59 outside Monroe. Officers determined the vehicle pulling the trailer was registered to a family member of Althaus and found the trailer at his residence.
Althaus initially told investigators his uncle had wanted to get rid of the trailer and the metal in it but Althaus later admitted to stealing the items from the quarry and to previous thefts from the site.
Althaus was granted a two-year deferred prosecution agreement in April after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property.
Police later determined Elmer was with Althaus during the trailer theft and Whiting was with Althaus during previous thefts.
Elmer's narcotics charge stemmed from a Dec. 23 incident in which police arrested him after they searched him and found 1.7 grams of a blue and white powdery substance. He told officers the powder was made up crushed prescription painkillers and Tylenol.
Whiting, Elmer and Althaus each must pay one-third of the total restitution to the quarry owner.
Bryce S. Whiting, 19, Monticello, was granted a two-year deferred prosecution agreement after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony and misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property. If he follows all conditions of the agreement, the felony charge will be dismissed after two years and he may petition to have the misdemeanors expunged. He must undergo treatment or counseling his probation agents deem appropriate and pay court costs. Police records indicate he owes the court $352.
Whiting also had charges of felony battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct dismissed in a separate case Friday.
Nicholas A. Elmer, 20, New Glarus, was sentenced to two years of probation after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property and, in a separate case, a misdemeanor narcotics charge. If he successfully completes his probation, he may petition to have the misdemeanors expunged. District Attorney Gary Luhman said the felony charge will be held open for two years, concurrent with the probation term, and may be eligible for dismissal afterward. In both cases, Elmer is ordered to undergo drug and alcohol counseling and pay court costs. Police records indicate he owes the court $4,385 in the theft case and $176 in the drug case.
The theft and criminal damage to property charges stemmed from multiple 2014 incidents in which Whiting, Elmer and Austyn Althaus, 19, Monroe, went to the quarry and stole a trailer, metal beams, auto parts and other items.
On May 2, 2014, police received a report of metal objects falling off a 16-foot flatbed trailer driving on Wis. 59 outside Monroe. Officers determined the vehicle pulling the trailer was registered to a family member of Althaus and found the trailer at his residence.
Althaus initially told investigators his uncle had wanted to get rid of the trailer and the metal in it but Althaus later admitted to stealing the items from the quarry and to previous thefts from the site.
Althaus was granted a two-year deferred prosecution agreement in April after he pleaded no contest to charges of felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damage to property.
Police later determined Elmer was with Althaus during the trailer theft and Whiting was with Althaus during previous thefts.
Elmer's narcotics charge stemmed from a Dec. 23 incident in which police arrested him after they searched him and found 1.7 grams of a blue and white powdery substance. He told officers the powder was made up crushed prescription painkillers and Tylenol.
Whiting, Elmer and Althaus each must pay one-third of the total restitution to the quarry owner.