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Show Court has busy day PAROWAN - It was a busy couple of days in Fifth District Court Monday . and Tuesday with a long criminal calendar being presented before Judge J. Harlan Burns. Ruth Ann Webster, a.k.a. Ruth Ann Lewis was placed on two years' probation after pleading guilty last month to a charge of issuing a bad check, a second degree felony. Webster was ordered to make restitution in full and to not have a checking account during her two-year two-year probation. She was found guilty of writing approximately $6500 in bad checks to various area merchants over a year ago. Wilbert Edward Fike Jr. was found guilty of theft of services after an incident at the Town and Country Motel in November. Judge Burns ordered him to undergo a 90-day evaluation at the Utah State Prison before sentencing. James Kent Munford pled guilty to a charge of tampering with a witness, wit-ness, a third degree felony. Through plea bargaining, Iron County Attorney James L. Shumate asked that the charge be reduced to a Class A Misdemeanor. Judge Burns ordered a pre-sentence report by the Adult Probation Department before sentencing next month, and Munford was released on his own recognizance. Mitchell S. Hoyt appeared ap-peared for sentencing on a conviction of third degree theft. Judge Burns stayed the imposition im-position of sentence and placed Hoyt on two-year probation. Conditions of his probation included restitution in full, an amount over $5,000, and spending one year in the Iron County Jail. Gary Bruce Stratton appeared in the court on an order to show cause why his probation should not be revoked. Stratton admitted that he had walked away from the Iron County Jail where he was being incarcerated. Judge Burns revoked the probation and sentenced Stratton to 0 to 5 years in the Utah State Prison; however, he stayed the execution of the sentence and placed Stratton on two-years' probation. One condition of his probation was that he serve six-months in the Iron County Jail. Tyson Neilson pled guilty to a charge of third degree burglary, theft by receiving stolen property. Judge Burns ordered a 30-day presentence pre-sentence report. Aaron Dee Sexton, a.k.a. Aaron Dee Miller, pled not guilty to a charge of aggravated burglary, a first degree felony. Judge Burns set bail at $25,000 and ordered that his probation was that he pay the State $;ioo. Bradley Crook pled guilty to a charge of third degree felony, attempted theft of a firearm. Judge Burns ordered him to undergo a 90-day (valuation at the Utah State Prison before sentencing. James Roland Taylor, a.k.a. Ricky LaVern Hudson appeared lor sentencing on a conviction con-viction of a second degree felony, theft by deception of an operable motor vehicle. Judge Burns ordered him to undergo a 90-day evaluation in the Utah State Prison. The case of Lewis William Jones was dismissed In the interest of justice, lie was accused ac-cused of auto theft. William A. Campbell, Jr. appeared on an order to appear concerning an alleged violation of his parole. The court found him in violation. However, Judge Burns put off sentencing until next month. the trial date be set for the end of January. Edward Lay ton Smith pled guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute lor profit, a third degree felony. Judge Burns reduced the. charge to a Class A misdemeanor and placed Smith on two-year probation. One term of |