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Waupaca County criminal sentencing Feb. 6

• Judge Harold Froelich dismissed without prejudice charges of burglary, theft and criminal damage to property against Daniel R. Diedrich, 17, Waupaca.

The reason for the dismissal was so Diedrich could go to Challenge Academy, according to court records.

Diedrich was accused of causing more than $10,000 of damage to a home in Waupaca.

• Judge Philip Kirk dismissed without prejudice a charge of first-degree sexual assault of a child against Jerry W. Johnson, 44, Gresham. The prosecutor made the motion to dismiss the charge.

• Kirk stayed a sentence of 90 days in jail and placed Kailey J. Kuhnke, 17, Clintonville, on three years of probation.

Kuhnke was convicted of felony theft and felony bail jumping in two separate cases. Charges of battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct were dismissed and read into the court record.

• Kirk placed Bradlley J. Kluz, 20, Clintonville, on one year of probation and assessed him $633 in court costs and restitution.

Kluz was convicted of concealing stolen property as party to a crime. A burglary charge was dismissed and read into the record.

• All felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges were dismissed against Teresa M. Spaeth, 34, formerly of New London, and Joshua W. Gray, 20, New London.

They were each cited for mistreatment of animals, as a civil offense, and assessed $481 in fines and court costs.

Judge Raymond Huber ordered a five-year injunction against Spaeth and Gray. They may not possess any animals for one year. After one year, they may each possess one animal. However, if they resume their relationship, they may only possess one animal total.

In 2013, authorities found the mummified corpses of two dogs in an abandoned house in rural Scandinavia where Spaeth and Gray had once lived.

• Five separate criminal cases against Taylor P. Pingel, 17, Clintonville, were brought to a close.

Pingel was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property resulting from an incident on July 15, 2013. Three felony counts of burglary and one count of misdemeanor bail jumping were dismissed and read into the court record.

Judge Dennis Luebke stayed a sentence of 90 days in jail and placed Pingel on three years of probation. He also ordered Pingel to pay $6,600 in restitution and court costs.

Charges of burglary and theft resulting from a June 1, 2013, incident were dismissed and read into the record.

Charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct resulting from a June 29 incident were dismissed and read into the record.

Charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and felony bail jumping resulting from a July 25 incident were dismissed and read into the record.

Pingel was convicted of felony bail jumping from a July 26 incident. A charge of obstructing an officer was dismissed and read into the record.

Kirk stayed a sentence of 90 days in jail and placed Pingel on three years probation concurrent with the other probation. He also ordered Pingel to pay $268 in court costs.

• Huber placed Michael S. Hammond, 49, Milwaukee, on four years of probation, sentenced him to six months in jail and ordered him to pay $13,166 in restitution and $612 in court costs.

Hammond was convicted of one felony count of burglary. Three counts of burglary, two counts of theft and one count of obstructing an officer were dismissed and read into the record.

• Kirk placed Field C. Hadley, 31, Milwaukee, on three years of probation, sentenced him to 150 days in jail, ordered him to pay $2,970 in fines and court costs and revoked his driver’s license for 33 months.

Hadley was convicted of a third drunken driving offense, reckless endangerment, operating after revocation and resisting an officer.

On July 13, 2013, Hadley led police on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 10, from County Road X to County Road A.

• Kirk placed Destinee L. Doonan, 19, Wausau, on 18 months of probation and ordered her to pay $2,558 in restitution and court costs.

Doonan was convicted of misdemeanor joy riding, which was amended from a felony charge of driving a vehicle without the owner’s permission, and illegal possession of prescription drugs.

• Huber placed Steven R. Wick, 48, Clintonville, on three years of probation, sentenced him to nine months in jail, assessed him $2,312 in fines and court costs and revoked his license for 36 months.

Wick was convicted of a fifth drunken driving offense.

• Kirk placed Danny L. Iverson, 54, Clintonville, on three years of probation and ordered him to pay $8,978 in restitution and court costs.

Iverson was convicted of felony theft. One count of felony theft and three counts of misdemeanor theft were dismissed and read into the court record.

Iverson is currently serving a 60-day sentence in Shawano County jail for felony bail jumping.

• Anthony R. Weber, 23, Clintonville, was sentenced on two different criminal cases.

Weber was convicted of a third drunken driving offense for a Dec. 16, 2012, arrest. Charges of fleeing an officer and operating after revocation were dismissed and read into the record.

Kirk sentenced Weber to 80 days in jail, assessed him $1,711 in fines and court costs and revoked his license for 27 months.

Weber was also convicted of disorderly conduct and misdemeanor bail jumping for a Sept. 29, 2013, incident. Charges of battery and felony bail jumping were dismissed and read into the record.

Kirk placed Weber on 18 months of probation and ordered him to pay $586 in court costs.

• Huber placed William J. Sanders, 31, Weyauwega, on three years of probation, sentenced him to 30 days in jail and assessed $268 in court costs.

Huber ordered that Sanders’ Waupaca County sentence be served concurrently with the 10-month sentence he is currently serving in Waushara County for a fourth drunken driving offense.

• Kirk placed Kenneth D. Much, 41, Waupaca, on one year of probation and assessed him $736 in fines and court costs.

Much was convicted of disorderly conduct and battery. Charges of strangulation and possession of marijuana were dismissed and read into the record.

• Kirk placed Phillip J. Rath Jr., 52, Waupaca, on two years of probation and ordered him to pay $268 in court costs.

Rath was convicted of violating the terms of the state sex offender registry. He was convicted of sexual assault of a child in Calumet County in November 1993.

• Huber placed James S. Downs, 47, Iola, on two years of probation, ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service and prohibited him from operating a vehicle in Wisconsin unless authorized by the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

Downs was convicted of fleeing an officer.

• Three separate felony cases were closed against Gregory J. Ghent, 23, Marion.

Ghent was convicted of burglary for a Jan. 21, 2012, incident. Charges of theft and misdemeanor bail jumping were dismissed and read into the record as part of a plea agreement.

Charges of burglary and theft from a May 2012 incident and charges of hit and run, operating after revocation and tampering with an ignition interlock device from a March 2013 incident were dismissed and read into the record.

Huber placed Ghent on three years of probation, ordered him to perform 100 hours of community service and assessed him $7,004 in restitution and court costs.

• Huber sentenced Richard A. Cochenet, 61, Wild Rose, to six months in jail, assessed him $1,433 in fines and court costs and revoked his license for 24 months.

Cochenet was convicted of a fourth drunken driving offense.

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