Recent convictions, sentencings and dismissals from Outagamie County felony cases involving local defendants or communities.
• Judge Nancy Krueger sentenced Sarah J. Wilke, 35, Hortonville, to 2 1/2 years in prison and two years’ extended supervision.
Wilke’s sentence results from her failure to comply with the terms of a 2016 deferred prosecution agreement.
According to court documents, she was removed from Veterans Treatment Court, did not complete her community service and disappeared from supervision from June to November 2018.
A warrant was issued for Wilke’s arrest after she missed a court appearance last September, and she was arrested in November.
Wilke was placed on the deferred prosecution agreement in 2016 after two criminal convictions.
In 2015, she forged her mother’s name on checks and cashed them 13 times at credit unions in the Fox Valley, collecting a total of $2,585.
In 2016, Wilke stole items including Vicodin pills and $74 cash from a woman’s coat pockets at a Grand Chute gym.
• Judge Gregory Gill Jr. dismissed one count of operating a firearm while intoxicated, two counts of bail jumping and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct against Scott C. Millard.
Millard, 56, New London, was found dead on March 31.
Police say on Jan. 25 Millard pointed a loaded handgun at his head as he drank alcohol outside a house on Allcan Road in the town of Liberty.
The home occupant reported fearing for her life because Millard had threatened her in the past.
Authorities apprehended Millard and placed him on a 72-hour hold.
At the time, Millard was facing charges of second-degree recklessly endangering safety in Shawano County.
• Krueger placed Michael S. Rush Jr., 36, Hortonville, on three years’ probation.
Rush pleaded no contest to possession of a firearm as an out-of-state felon.
He was assessed $518 in court costs.
In May 2017, Appleton police found an AR-15 5.56-caliber rifle, a .40-caliber handgun and ammunition for both weapons in the basement of Rush’s Appleton apartment.
Rush had been ordered not to possess firearms following a 2013 felony DWI conviction in Texas.
• Judge Mark McGinnis placed Nathan J. Paulik, 28, New London, on three years of probation.
Paulik pleaded no contest to causing bodily harm to a law enforcement officer.
McGinnis dismissed but read into the record misdemeanor property damage and disorderly conduct charges.
Paulik was assessed $5,743 in court costs.
In April 2018 at Paulik’s Pine Street residence, he engaged in a struggle with New London Police Officer Mike Harlow that resulted in Harlow breaking his hand.
Paulik is considered a repeat offender. In March 2013, he kicked Officer Earl Ruckdashel in the groin during another dispute at home.
• Judge Mitchell Metropulos ordered Lawrence J. Boehnlein II, 21, Greenville, to three years of probation.
Boehnlein pleaded no contest to possession of amphetamine and possession of THC, both with intent to distribute.
He was ordered to serve one year of probation for misdemeanor counts of possession of an illegally obtained prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Boehnlein was assessed $1,922 in court costs.
On Jan. 3, 2018, Grand Chute police searched Boehnlein’s vehicle outside the Super 8 hotel and found about 220 grams of marijuana, 2 grams of crystal meth, pills and drug paraphernalia.
• Metropulos ordered Seth D. Burr, 19, Hortonville, to 1 1/2 years of probation.
Burr pleaded no contest to attempted vehicle theft and misdemeanor property damage.
One count of disorderly conduct was dismissed but read into the record.
Burr was assessed $2,943 in court costs.
In May 2018, Burr and Jacob L. Gleasner tried to steal a car parked outside a home on County Highway M in Hortonia.
Gleasner, 18, of Hortonville, received the same sentence this past winter.
• Judge Vincent Biskupic placed Luke A. Sprenger, 31, Readfield, on two years’ probation.
Sprenger pleaded guilty to bail jumping.
Biskupic dismissed but read into the record another bail jumping charge and a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia charge.
Sprenger was assessed $518 in court costs.
On July 1, 2018, Grand Chute police found a scale and breath mint container, each containing the residue of narcotics, in Sprenger’s vehicle during a traffic stop.
At the time of his offense, Sprenger had been out of jail on cash bonds in two Waupaca County court cases.
A Weyauwega police officer had arrested him twice during separate traffic stops in February 2018 and May 2018 after finding meth in his vehicle.
• Krueger ordered Kyle W. Tate, 23, Hortonville, to a deferred prosecution agreement.
In pleading guilty to possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, Tate’s charges will be dismissed if he follows the agreement for two years.
The agreement’s conditions include participating in a drug treatment court, maintaining absolute sobriety and performing 40 hours of community service.
On Christmas Eve 2017, New London police found Tate on the floor following a heroin overdose at his Quincy Street residence.