Court Report

Sheriff's Report

INCIDENT LOG

Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column.

Monday, March 13: Wilbur school personnel requested an ambulance for someone with a possible broken ankle.

A pothole turned into a large crack across the entire west lane on Hawk Creek Road near Gunning Road north of Davenport.

Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a woman who lost consciousness while inside the Safeway store.

Reardan Store personnel reported receiving two counterfeit $20 bills.

A responding deputy discovered that occupants of a “suspicious” vehicle traveling slowly on Leffel Road near Tanner Road were playing Pokemon prior to it getting stuck and needing a tow truck’s assistance.

Tuesday, March 14: Sprague School District was involved in an intruder drill.

Wednesday, March 15: A Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crew worked on a malfunctioning crossing in Edwall.

Flooding concerns intensified for fields and lakes close to Sprague.

Edwall firefighters responded to the scene along Hall Avenue of a grain silo that collapsed and knocked down power lines, sparking a small fire.

The main sail and brass housing on a sailboat housed near the intersection of Sinclair and Thirteenth streets in Davenport were reported missing. The loss was valued at between $1,500 and $2,000.

Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad was notified of crossing lights stuck in the “on” position on Twelfth Street in Davenport.

Damage to the front and side doors resulted from a break-in at the old Deb’s Café on Watson Street in Creston.

Deputies investigated a burglary involving property adjacent to SR 174 North near Wilbur.

Thursday, March 16: Reardan EMTs and Davenport ambulance personnel responded to a report of an unconscious man discovered inside a vehicle parked in the 100 block of East Broadway in Reardan with one door partially open.

A traffic hazard was reported on Rocklyn Road about a quarter-mile south of Kruger Road.

Multiple violations of county road restrictions were reported on the Old Sprague Highway near Brown Road.

A vehicle got stuck in the soft part of the roadway on Bisson Road just east of Tramm Road near Reardan.

Two young children were observed throwing rocks at passing vehicles near Reardan’s US Bank branch.

A 2-year-old girl was flown by LifeFlight from Lincoln Hospital in Davenport to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane after being accidentally run over by a van on property adjacent to Pineridge Drive East northeast of Davenport.

Lincoln Hospital personnel treated a 6-year-old boy who was bitten by a dog in the 1100 block of Adams Street in Davenport.

Friday, March 17: Sprague ambulance personnel were sent to the scene of a one-vehicle rollover collision on Interstate 90 that was believed caused by a blown tire.

An Almira man reported receiving an IRS scam phone call.

Corrections deputies intercepted books from the county jail collection they believed an inmate may have tried to take with him upon being released.

Damage occurred to a vehicle parked on Seven Bays Road.

A semi-truck got stuck in mud near Doxie’s Diner in Wilbur.

Returning to the place on Virgil Road just off U.S. 2 where his vehicle got stuck in mud almost a week before, a man discovered it gone and had to file a stolen vehicle report.

An unoccupied vehicle, left in reverse, rolled backwards down Main Street in Wilbur and hit a tree in front of Wheatland Bank. The driver told an officer he thought the vehicle had been placed in park.

A vehicle went over a snow and gravel berm and got stuck at Stowaway Storage at Twelfth and Monroe streets in Davenport.

A deputy responded to a report of a man sleeping inside the Creston post office.

Odessa firefighters responded to a report of a pickup truck with its brakes on fire at Alder and Main streets.

Saturday, March 18: A retaining wall on Seventh Street in Davenport collapsed.

A caller asked that gravel be dumped on Crescent Road after a vehicle got stuck on Friday.

The sound of gunshots that prompted a few emergency calls to dispatchers was sourced in a 21-gun salute that was part of a memorial service for Dr. Robert St. Clair at the Davenport Middle School.

A door to a summer house on Spring Canyon Road had been kicked in.

A caller told dispatchers about a man wearing dark clothes and shining a flashlight into windows of an unoccupied house in the 200 block of South 4th Street in Almira.

Sunday, March 19: Water backed up and froze on the roadway, possibly due to a blocked culvert on Welch Creek Road about a mile north of Miles Creston Road.

Three individuals were placed into custody as deputies investigated a burglary report involving property along Mill Canyon Road.

A man told dispatchers he was bitten on the hand by an unleashed dog at the Davenport city park.

Deputies responded to a domestic assault at a residence on Sterling Valley Road North.

Responding to the 400 block of South Alder Street, Odessa Police investigated a man’s claim that someone had threatened “to bury (him) and feed (him) to the pigs.”

JAIL BOOKINGS

March 14: Kayla M. Meise, 29, Odessa, arrested by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for forgery (4 counts), second-degree theft, access device (6 counts).

Edwin C. Stretch, 38, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for driving under the influence.

Robert James Chesser, 36, Eugene, Ore., arrested by LCSO for failing to appear for driving under the influence.

March 15: Laronna E. Lakowski, 40, Orting, Wash., arrested by Washington State Patrol (WSP) for failing to appear for driving while license suspended.

March 16: Jackie L. Akins, 46, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for driving while license suspended.

Jamin A. Moores, 39, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for driving under the influence and while license suspended.

William T. Adams, 50, Loon Lake, Wash., held for Superior Court as a material witness.

Richard G. Ackerman, 51, Spokane Valley, arrested by LCSO on a Spokane warrant.

Mohammed S. Alyami, 21, Pullman, Wash., arrested by WSP for failing to appear for driving while license suspended.

Timothy Alan Brown, 26, Renton, Wash., confined two days by the court for driving while license suspended and no ignition interlock.

March 19: Jason D. Wooledge, 45, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for residential burglary.

Jesse B. Driggs, 47, Spokane, arrested by LCSO for residential burglary.

Michael Hurlburt, 52, Lincoln, arrested by LCSO for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence).

March 20: Taressa M. Marchand, 37, Grand Coulee, arrested by LCSO for burglary (2 counts), second-degree theft and trespassing.

Bryan T. Ferguson, 40, Grand Coulee, arrested by LCSO for burglary (2 counts) and second-degree theft.

Court Report

DISTRICT COURT

Editor’s note: These reports are based on forms filled out by the presiding judge during court sessions and subsequently reviewed by the newspaper.

Dan B. Johnson, Judge

Leah Spitzer, Davenport, possession of legend drug (2 counts), pleaded guilty, 8 days jail (credited as served), $43 court costs, 12 months supervised and 12 months unsupervised probation, no use or possession of non-prescribed drugs or marijuana (monitored by random testing), continue in treatment program.

Richard Gail Ackerman, Greenacres, driving while license suspended, pleaded guilty, $543 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation, deferred sentence (may change plea when court’s conditions are met).

Mary Victoria A. Snedker, Moses Lake, driving while license suspended, 4 days jail (credited as served), $603 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation, deferred sentence (may change plea when court’s conditions are met).

Laronna Lakowski, Orting, Wash., driving while license suspended, 1 day jail (credited as served), $603 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation, deferred sentence (may change plea when court’s conditions are met).

Nicholas Warren Finley, Fruitland, third-degree theft, pleaded guilty, 2 days jail converted to 20 hours community service, $293 court assessments, 12 months supervised and 12 months unsupervised probation.

Diane Millenia Rhoads, Spokane, driving while license suspended, pleaded guilty, $393 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation.

Travis Whitegrass, Nespelem, driving while license suspended, dismissed at prosecutor’s request (no proof, other than defendant’s own confession, that violation occurred).

Scott Craig Connett, Spokane Valley, driving while license suspended, pleaded guilty, $543 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation, deferred sentence (may change plea when court’s conditions are met).

Danny E. Nash, Granger, Wash., driving while license suspended, pleaded guilty, $218 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation.

Wayne Evans, Omak, Wash., trip permit violation, dismissed at defense attorney’s request (violation didn’t occur).

Timothy Alan Brown, Renton, Wash., driving while license suspended and no ignition interlock, pleaded guilty, 2 days jail, $543 court assessments, 12 months supervised and 12 months unsupervised probation.

Samuel Joseph Arrants, Colville, probation violation (reckless driving), 2 days jail converted to 20 hours community service.

Jennifer Rhea Booth, Davenport, probation violation (reckless driving), 30 days jail.

Scott Michael Marshall, Harrington, fail to transfer title, dismissed at prosecutor’s request; driving while license suspended and no ignition interlock, pleaded guilty, 2 days jail, $543 court assessments, 12 months supervised and 12 months unsupervised probation.

Jolene Zimmerman, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, probation violation (driving under the influence), 14 days jail converted to 14 days electronic home monitoring with alcohol monitoring.

David Parkin, Sprague, reckless driving, pleaded guilty, $793 court assessments, 12 months supervised probation.

Sherilynn Nielsen, Oroville, Wash., cyberstalking, pleaded guilty, 12 days jail (credited as served), $43 court assessments, 12 months supervised and 12 months unsupervised probation; telephone harassment, dismissed.

Philip J. Van de Veer, Visiting Judge

Robert James Chesser, Bend, Ore., probation violation (driving under the influence), 30 days jail (12 credited as served), $464.40 court assessments.

MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS

Lincoln County Clerk’s Office

New filings: 106 involving persons living outside Lincoln County.

Petitions for legal separation: 5 involving persons living outside Lincoln County.

Petitions for annulment or invalidity of marriage: 2 involving persons living outside Lincoln County.

Property Transactions

Lincoln County Treasurer’s Office

J & T Heider Farms LLC, Ritzville, to Mark Schoesler and Ginger J. Schoesler, Ritzville – portion of Secs. 21 and 29, T21N, R37E, gift.

Susan Ann Parkes (successor trustee), Anchorage, Alaska, to Mycon Real Estate Investments LLC, Seattle – portion of Secs. 11, 14, 15 and 22, T22N, R35E, subject to easements, $1,308,075.

Gregory T. Williams and Susan R. Williams, Medical Lake, to Mark S. McCarthy and Ruth M. McCarthy, Spokane – Lot 6, Blk. 1, Squaw Canyon Subdivision Plat 3, $205,000.

Glen E. Gordon and Rebecca Gordon, Fall City, Wash., to BZE Development LLC, Union, Wash. – Lot 2 of Bright Star Short Plat, $79,000.

Bank of America (trustee, Joan Kramer Patterson Living Trust), Seattle, to Corbett Draw Farms Partnership, Wilbur – portion of Secs. 17 and 20, T27N, R32E, $1,240,000.

Ronald E. Webber, Fairfield, to Geoffrey Steele and Gladys Steele, Davenport – Lots 2 and 3, Blk. 11, Timmons First Addition to the Town of Davenport, $40,100.

Marvin K. McLeod, Jr., and Kathy L. McLeod, Chewelah, to Christopher E. Jensen and Lonna J. Jensen, Tum Tum – portion of Sec. 16, T25N, R39E, $155,000.

Jo Ann Wahrer (formerly Kelley), Manteca, Calif., to Jo Ann Wahrer Living Trust, Manteca, Calif. – Lot 7, Blk. 1, Roosevelt Views, I$0.

Douglas A. Blechschmidt and Mary T. Blechschmidt, Seven Bays, to Wayne F. Gohl, Jr., and Debra K. Gohl, Yakima – Lot 2, Blechschmidt Short Plat, $101,000.

Douglas A. Blechschmidt and Mary T. Blechschmidt, Seven Bays, to Wayne F. Gohl, Jr., and Debra K. Gohl, Yakima – Lot 1 of Blechschmidt Short Plat, $101,000.

Kathleen Oestreich and Kristy Mielke (co-personal representatives, estate of Donna L. Wilcox), Harrington, to James L. Wilcox, Kathleen L. Oestreich and Kristy Mielke, Davenport – east 50 feet of south 20 feet of Lot 5; east 58 feet of south 5 feet of Lot 6; east 58 feet of Lots 7-11; west 52 feet of Lots 14 through 18; west 52 feet of south 5 feet of Lot 19; south 20 feet of west 50 feet of Lot 20, Blk. 79, Southern Addition to the Town of Harrington; and north 50 feet of Lot 2, Blk. 1, and strip 10 feet by 140 feet on the north line Coombs Plat, Coombs Addition to the Town of Harrington; and 25 percent interest in south half of Sec. 22 and all of Secs. 5 and 6 east of State Highway 11F (now SR 23) – all in T22N, R37EWM, $0.

M. James Kintschi, Cheney, to Kintschi Family LLC, Edwall – portion of Secs. 4, 5, 21 and 22, T22N, R38E; and portion of Secs. 32 and 33, T23N, R38E, subject to easements, $0.

Paul Kinnaird and Donna Kinnaird, Shelton, Wash., to Donald Paul Kinnaird, Shelton – Tract 226, Hawk Creek Ranches, Survey Area No. 1, gift.

Joseph Harding, Sprague, to Donald W. Harding, Sprague – Lot 10, Blk. 55, The Addition to the Town (now City) of Sprague and Lots 2 and 3, Blk. 4, Original Town of Sprague, $1,200.

Donald W. Harding and Karen Franks Harding, Sprague, to Steve White, Spokane Valley – Lot 10, Blk. 55, The Addition to the Town (now City) of Sprague, $4,500.