Court reports for February 25, 2019

Court reports for February 25, 2019

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

Bryan Keith Chunn, 36, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating a stalking or sex assault protective order, a domestic violence offense committed Apr. 1. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victim, ordered to follow conditions of any protective order in place, and placed on probation for 12 months.

Taylor Sky Cunningham, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree vehicle theft, committed Mar. 11, 2017. Cunningham was sentenced to 10 days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, had license revoked for one year, forfeited all items seized, and ordered to have no contact with victim.

Robert Charles Eldridge, 53, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Sept. 29. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 100 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for two years, and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

William G. Hanes, 45, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 5. He was sentenced to 30 days on 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, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12 months.

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

Zackery A. Bryant, 29, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault (causing fear of injury with a weapon) and one count of second-degree theft, committed Nov. 6, 2016. He was sentenced to 36 months in prison with 30 months suspended on the count of third-degree assault and to 18 months with 18 months suspended on the count of second-degree theft, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $50 cost of appointed counsel, ordered to pay restitution, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol at all, not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to complete an anger management counseling, violence rehabilitation program, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol and stolen property, to have no contact with victim in this case, and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

Tayler Sky Cunningham, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, one count of second-degree theft, and one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons (felon in possession), committed Mar. 5, 2017. He was sentenced to 20 days in prison on the count of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, to three years with two years suspended on the count of second-degree theft, and to one year on the count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons (11 months to run concurrent with active time in the count of second-degree theft), fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for one year, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, ordered not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation 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, weapons and stolen property, ordered to have no contact with victims in this case, and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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