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Show Law and motion day Fifth district court kept busy PAROWAN A number of cases were heard in Fifth District Court law and motion days law week. Brenda Lee Foster was arraigned on a second degree felony charge of theft by deception. She pleaded guilty to the charge, which concerned theft while she was a bookkeeper for Simon's Truck Oasis in Summit. Judge J. Harlan Burns ordered a presentence pre-sentence report by the Department of Adult Probation and Parole, and she will probably be sentenced in January. Michael Ray McFarlane was sentenced sen-tenced after having previousy pleaded guilty to a charge of theft, a third degree felony. Judge Burns sentneced him to the I tah State Prison for zero to five years ; however he stayed the execution of the penalty and placed him on three yean probation. One condition of the probation is that he attend the Utah State Hospital felony offender program. Randall Lanza, Jr., also appeared for sentencing. He had previously pleaded guilty to a third degree burglary charge, stemming from a burglary at Leigh Furniture in Cedar City. Judge Burns stayed the imposition of sentencing and placed Lanza on two years probation. Terms of the probation w were that he spend 60 days in the Iron County Jail and that he reimburse Leigh's. Reynaldo J. Cano also appeared for sentencing. He had previously pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor of theft, concerning an incident at K-Mart in Cedar City. Judge Burns stayed the imposition of the sentence, and played Cano on one year's probation. Terms of the robation include that he make restitution to K-Mart, that he provide service hours to the county and that he pay a $250 fine. Mark Evan Milby appeared on a probation violation. He was originally found guilty of a second degree felony of theft of a firearm. At that time sentencing was stayed and he was placed on probation. Because of the probation violation, Burns sentenced him now on the ; original charge to one to fifteen years in s the Utah State Prison. However, he stayed the execution and played him on one year's probation. A term of the probation is that he spend 90 days in the Iron County Jail, which was suspended as long as he remains working. David Paul Peterson, who had previously pleaded guilty to a Class B misdemeanor, possession of a controlled con-trolled s substance, was sentenced to six months in the Iron County Jail. However, the execution of the sentence sen-tence was suspended, and Peterson was placed on one years probation. Terms of the probation are that he spend 60 days in the Iron County Jail and that he pay a $250 fine. Molly Stockton, who had previously pleaded guilty to attempted distribution of a controlled substance, marijuana, a Class A misdemenaor, also appeared for sentencing. Judge Burns stayed the imposition of the sentenceing and placed her on one year's probation. One term was that she spend 30 days in the Iron County Jail, which was suspended as long as she stayed employed. She was also fined $250 and required to attend drug abuse counseling. Michael Patrick Owens was arraigned on a Class A misdemeanor charge of theft. He pleaded guilty, and a pre-setnece report was ordered. |