Court Reports for February 13, 2019

Court Reports for February 13, 2019

The following judgment was recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

William Donn Bushnell II, 29, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass, committed Nov. 6. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized in this and another case, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Three Bears store and Tesoro 2 Go, and was placed on probation for 12 months.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court:

Justin Richard Dighton Lunsford, 30, of Wasilla, pleaded guilty to one felony count of failure to stop at the direction of a police officer (reckless driving), one felony count of second-degree theft, and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, committed Apr. 2, 2017. He was sentenced to 48 months in prison with 30 months suspended on the count of failure to stop at the direction of an officer and to 36 months with 24 months suspended on the count of second-degree theft (six months of active time concurrent), fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $250 cost of appointed counsel, had his license revoked for 30 days, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, ordered to complete substance abuse and mental health evaluations and comply with treatment recommendations, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol, controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, evidence of controlled substance transactions, and stolen property, ordered to have no contact with victims in this case, and was placed on probation for three years. On the misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, had his license revoked for 90 days, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

A charge of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) against William Donn Bushnell II, 29, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Oct. 23.

A charge of second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises) against James Duncan, 54, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 16.

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