Greene court cases
WAYNESBURG – A number of criminal defendants pleaded guilty this month in Greene County Court. Those appearing before Judge Lou Dayich included:
Frank Ray Blackmon, 53, of 312 Sugar Run Road, Waynesburg; two cases: disorderly conduct; driving under the influence of alcohol and five traffic violations; Blackmon was charged Sept. 2 after his vehicle ran into the rear of another vehicle on Sugar Run Road; he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.278 percent; on Jan. 4, he became combative when police went to his house for a disturbance; police said he was extremely intoxicated; sentence – 30 days to 1 year in jail, credit for 22 days served; eligible for weekend sentence; $925 in fines; $4,554.94 in restitution; 100 hours of community service.
Elizabeth Ann Coleman, 37, of 122 First St., Mather; two counts of false identification to law enforcement authorities; Coleman twice gave police false names and dates of birth on Sept. 28 when they found her with another person in a vehicle parked on Old Ferry Road in Cumberland Township; sentence – 1 year of probation, $200 fine, 35 hours of community service.
Megan M. Adams, 25, of 106 Fonner Run Road, Sycamore; theft of services; on July 28, Adams had her hair colored at Modern Image in Waynesburg; she said she had to leave to get money from the bank but failed to return to pay; sentence – 5 days to 23 ½ months in jail, $165 in restitution.
Donald Lee Fouch, 55, of 17 Price St., Smithfield; DUI, second offense in 10 years; three summary violations; Fouch was stopped Aug. 12 after being observed speeding and running off the roadway; he refused a breath test; sentence – 5 years in the county intermediate punishment program, which includes 30 days in jail, eligible for weekend sentence; and 90 days of house arrest, $825 in fines, 100 hours of community service.
Susan Ann Smith, 48, of 214 Pine St., Jefferson; accidents involving damage to an attended vehicle, four traffic citations; on Nov. 19, Smith was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Route 188 in Jefferson; she failed to remain at the scene; sentence – 1 year of probation, $675 in fines, $500 in restitution, 75 hours of community service.
Nathaniel Lee Chipps, 21, of 2389 S. Eighty-Eight Road, Dilliner; furnishing drug-free urine; on Jan. 2, Chipps brought a container of urine to the county probation office that he intended to use to pass a drug test; sentence – 1 year of probation, 60 hours of community service.
Jessica Jade Raulerson, 34, of 263 E. High St., Waynesburg; pleaded no contest to theft and receiving stolen property; in June and July, while employed as a caregiver to an 81-year-old woman, Raulerson used the woman’s debit card to make $875.37 in unauthorized purchases and payments; sentence – 2 years of probation, restitution, 40 hours of community service.
One defendant appeared March 19 before Judge Farley Toothman:
Grant Christopher Church, 19, of 190 Carpenter Lane, Waynesburg; DUI, recklessly endangering another person, three summary violations; stopped by police on July 30, Church refused a blood-alcohol test; two juveniles were in his vehicle; sentence – 72 hours to 6 months in jail, $1,250 in fines, 225 hours of community service.
Two other criminal defendants also pleaded guilty recently and appeared before Dayich.
Tyler Joel Maley, 26, of 131 Kirby Road, Waynesburg, pleaded guilty Jan. 9 to driving under the influence of alcohol, third offense in 10 years, and was sentenced Feb. 28 to 10 days to 23 months in jail, fined $750 and ordered to perform 90 hours of community service. He was deemed eligible for work release. Maley was arrested following a traffic stop April 17, 2016, in Franklin Township. He had a blood-alcohol content of 0.184 percent.
Clarence A. Lancaster, 37, of 377 Sherman Ave., Nemacolin, pleaded guilty March 1 to providing false identification to police and was sentenced to 1 year of probation, fined $200 and ordered to perform 60 hours of community service. Lancaster was charged by Cumberland Township police Jan. 11, 2017, after he gave false identification to a state constable who had come to his house to serve a warrant. Lancaster also was charged with disorderly conduct for possessing a small amount of marijuana. That charge was withdrawn by prosecutors.