Greene County Court cases
WAYNESBURG – A number of criminal defendants recently appeared before Greene County Court Judge Lou Dayich.
Abbie Nicole Francis, 28, of 113 Strawberry Alley, Mt. Morris, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to simple assault, resisting arrest and public drunkenness; Francis kicked a state trooper in the stomach June 9 when troopers were called to her house for a disturbance; sentence – 3 years in the county intermediate punishment program to include a jail sentence of time served, 95 days, and 40 hours of community service.
James Golden, 39, an inmate at SCI-Greene prison, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to simple assault and harassment; a charge of aggravated assault was withdrawn; Golden punched a commissary clerk at the prison on April 5; sentence – 1 to 2 years in prison concurrent to the sentence he is currently serving.
Brennenn Wayne Eddy, 29, of 118 Wayne Village, Waynesburg, pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to theft and receiving stolen property; on Feb. 26, Eddy stole $280 from a former girlfriend in Cumberland Township; sentence – 21 days to 18 months in jail, credit for 21 days served; restitution, 60 hours of community service.
Amy Marie Hoffman, 41, of 300 E. Greene St., Carmichaels; pleaded no contest July 30 to access device fraud; a charged of theft was withdrawn; in April, Hoffman used another woman’s credit card to make purchases totaling $95; sentenced Oct. 1 to three years county intermediate punishment, including two days in jail and credit for two days served, restitution.
Chad Edward Petros, 46, of 66 Greene St., Clarksville; found guilty in a non-jury trial Aug. 28 to driving under the influence of alcohol, incapable of safe driving and a summary traffic offense; he was arrested Sept. 17, 2016 after his vehicle ran into a ditch on Chartiers Road, Morgan Township; sentenced Oct. 2 to 5 days to 6 months in jail, credit for one day served, $375 in fines, 25 hours of community service.
David E. Logan Jr., 47, of 136 Covered Bridge Road, Holbrook, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 5 of identity theft and forgery. Logan used his father’s name and financial information to purchase a $15,831 all-terrain vehicle. In June 2017, his father told police, he began receiving calls from creditors. Logan will be sentenced following preparation of a pre-sentence report.
Lester Bob Spielvogel, 34, of 108 Station Lane, Wheeling, W.Va., pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct: a charge of possession of a controlled substance was withdrawn; a passenger on Spielvogel’s vehicle fled on foot following a traffic stop April 6 on Interstate 79. The passenger was observed throwing a prescription pill bottle that contained crack cocaine and had Spielvogel’s name on it. Pipes and other items were found in the vehicle; sentence – 1 year of probation, $500 in fines.
Kevin Richard Yeager, 33, of 300 Iams Station Road, Sycamore, pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to DUI and three summary violations; arrested June 9, following a single-vehicle crash, Yeager had a blood-alcohol content level of .167 percent; sentence – 72 hours to 6 months in jail, $1,075 in fines; 40 hours of community service.
Stefon Franklin Colbert, 22, of 163 Lincoln St., Uniontown; pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance; Colbert was arrest Oct. 21, 2015 after selling .5 gram of cocaine to a state police confidential informant; sentence – 30 days to 23 ½ months in jail, 60 hours of community service.
Stephanie Renee Lemley, 37, of 1468 S. Eighty Eight Road, Greensboro; pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to unsworn falsification; a charge of sale or transfer of a firearm was withdrawn; on Feb. 16, Lemley attempted to purchase a pistol, failing to disclose on an ATF form she had been convicted of a crime in which a sentence of greater than one year could have been imposed; sentence – 1 year of probation, $1,000 fine, 20 hours of community service.
James Jurczak, 43, of 113 Bliss Ave., Nemacolin; pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to unsworn falsification; a charge of sale or transfer of a firearm was withdrawn; on Jan. 29, Jurczak attempted to purchase a shotgun, failing to disclose on an ATF form that he had been convicted of a crime in which a sentence of greater than one year could have been imposed; sentence – 1 year of probation, $1,000 fine, 40 hours of community service.
Antwon Lamont Coates, 34, of 416 Grove St., McKees Rocks; pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to possession of drug paraphernalia and two summary traffic violations; during a traffic stop Feb. 24, 2017 on Interstate 79, Coates was found in possession of a small amount of marijuana; sentence – 6 months of probation, $185.50 in fines, 20 hours of community service.
Nicholas Scott Swarrow, 21, of 160 Lippencott Road, Waynesburg; pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia; on Aug. 11, 2017, Swarrow was found in possession of a small amount of marijuana, three Oxycodone pills and a marijuana grinder; sentence – 1 year of probation, $200 fine, 40 hours of community service.
Travis L. Wickham, 52, of 829 Hargus Creek Road, Waynesburg; pleaded no contest Oct. 10 to recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and two summary violations; on April 5, Wickham’ attempted to stop his wife whom he had been arguing with by passing her vehicle; the vehicles collided; sentence – 18 months of probation, $50 in fines, 40 hours of community service.
Allen Christopher Poling, 41, of 5 Drake Road, Morgantown, W.Va.; pleaded Oct. 11 to theft and receiving stolen property; on Oct. 19, 2016, Poling stole a pickup truck in Dilliner; sentence – 27 months to 5 years in prison, credit for 7 days served; sentence concurrent to a sentence Poling is currently serving in West Virginia.
Jeremy Paul Zollars, 38, of 191 E. Greene St., Waynesburg; pleaded guilty Oct. 11 to retail theft; on Aug. 6, he stole $8.93 worth of candy from Pecjak Sunoco in Waynesburg: sentence – 14 days to 6 months in jail, credit for 14 days served, 50 hours of community service.
Nicholas Ryan Henderson, 24, of 153 Wayne Village, Waynesburg, pleaded Oct. 11 to criminal trespass; charges of theft and receiving withdrawn; on Nov. 7, Henderson removed a vehicle from Wade’s Towing impoundment yard in Waynesburg without paying the required fees; sentence – 1 year of probation, 40 hours of community service.
Michael Allen Hayes, 36, of 313 Tollgate Run Road, Waynesburg; pleaded guilty Oct. 11 to possession of drug paraphernalia; March 7, a state parole officer found hypodermic needles and other items in his home; sentence – 30 days to 1 year in jail, credit for 30 days served.